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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊnd/
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• Northumbria: /əˈɹuːnd/
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• Australian: /əˈɹæɔnd/
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• New-Zealand: /əˈɹæʊnd/
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• CMU ARPABET: ER0 AW1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)).

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَوْجُود (mawjūd) — alive, existent, or present
• Chinese Mandarin: 活着 — alive, existent, or present
• Finnish: hengissä — alive, existent, or present
• Finnish: olemassa — alive, existent, or present
• Finnish: paikalla — alive, existent, or present
• Finnish: mestoilla — alive, existent, or present
• German: es gibt X noch — alive, existent, or present
• Scots: roond — alive, existent, or present
• Finnish: ympäri — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Finnish: ympärillä — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• German: herum — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Māori: āwhio — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Russian: по кру́гу (po krúgu) — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Russian: кру́гом (krúgom) — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Lower Sorbian: wokoło — so as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof
• Bulgarian: наоколо (naokolo) — so as to surround or be near
• Finnish: ympärille — so as to surround or be near
• Finnish: piiriin — so as to surround or be near
• Finnish: lähelle — so as to surround or be near
• Finnish: liki — so as to surround or be near
• German: herum — so as to surround or be near
• Irish: timpeall — so as to surround or be near
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — so as to surround or be near
• Russian: кру́гом (krúgom) — so as to surround or be near
• Russian: круго́м (krugóm) — so as to surround or be near
• Lower Sorbian: wokoło — so as to surround or be near
• Finnish: noin — nearly, about
• Finnish: tienoilla — nearly, about
• Finnish: likimain — nearly, about
• Finnish: suunnilleen — nearly, about
• German: ungefähr — nearly, about
• German: rund — nearly, about
• Japanese: くらい (kurai) — nearly, about
• Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — nearly, about
• Russian: приме́рно (primérno) — nearly, about
• Russian: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) — nearly, about
• Spanish: alrededor de — nearly, about
• Volapük: za — nearly, about
• Finnish: ympäriinsä — from place to place
• Finnish: ympäri — from place to place
• Finnish: ympärille — from place to place
• Finnish: paikasta paikkaan — from place to place
• Finnish: paikasta toiseen — from place to place
• German: herum — from place to place
• German: umher — from place to place
• Irish: thart — from place to place
• Irish: timpeall — from place to place
• Russian: туда́-сюда́ (tudá-sjudá) — from place to place
• Slovak: okolo — from place to place
• Slovak: po — from place to place
• Spanish: por acá — from place to place
• Spanish: por allí — from place to place
• Finnish: ympäri — from one state or condition to an opposite or very different one
• German: um — from one state or condition to an opposite or very different one
• German: herum — from one state or condition to an opposite or very different one
• Finnish: ympäri — so as to partially or completely rotate
• German: um — so as to partially or completely rotate
• German: herum — so as to partially or completely rotate
• Irish: timpeall — so as to partially or completely rotate
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — so as to partially or completely rotate
• Lower Sorbian: wokoło — so as to partially or completely rotate
• German: herum — repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people
• Russian: там-сям (tam-sjam) — repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people
• Albanian: rrethim — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Arabic: حَوْلَ (ḥawla) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Arabic: حول (ḥōl) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Armenian: շուրջը (šurǰə) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Armenian: շուրջ (šurǰ) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Assamese: চাৰিওফাল (sariüphal) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Asturian: alredor — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Asturian: enderredor — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Belarusian: навако́л (navakól) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Belarusian: вако́л (vakól) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Belarusian: наво́кал (navókal) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Bulgarian: о́коло (ókolo) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Catalan: al voltant de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Catalan: arreu de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍繞 /围绕 (wéirào) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍著 /围著 — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Chinese Mandarin: 围着 (wéizhe) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍 /围 (wéi) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Czech: kolem — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Czech: okolo — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Dutch: om — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Dutch: rondom — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Dutch: rond — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Estonian: ümber — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Estonian: ümbruses — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Finnish: ympärille — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• French: autour de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Galician: arredor — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Galician: derredor — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Galician: ao redor — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Georgian: ირგვლივ (irgvliv) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Georgian: გარშემო (garšemo) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• German: um — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Greek: περί (perí) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Ancient Greek: περί (perí) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Haitian Creole: otou — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Hebrew: סָבִיב (savív) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Hungarian: körül — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Icelandic: um — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Irish: um — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Italian: attorno — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Japanese: ...のまわり (... no mawari) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Korean: 주위에 (juwie) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Latin: circa — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Latin: circum — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Latvian: ap — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Latvian: apkārt — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Livonian: immõr — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Livonian: immar — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Macedonian: околу (okolu) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Mòcheno: um — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Occitan: entorn — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Occitan: a l'entorn — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Old English: ymbe — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Persian: دور (dowr) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Polish: około — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Portuguese: em torno de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Portuguese: em volta de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Portuguese: ao redor de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Romanian: în jurul — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Sanskrit: परि (pári) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Sardinian: intundu — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Scots: roond — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Scottish Gaelic: timcheall — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Scottish Gaelic: mu thimcheall — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Slovak: okolo — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Lower Sorbian: wokoło — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Spanish: alrededor de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Spanish: en contorno a / de — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Swedish: kring — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Tok Pisin: nabaut — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Turkish: etrafında — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Ukrainian: навко́ло (navkólo) — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Uzbek: atrof — forming a circle or closed curve containing
• Russian: каса́тельно (kasátelʹno) — сentred upon; surrounding; regarding
• Russian: каса́емо (kasájemo) — сentred upon; surrounding; regarding
• Albanian: sillem (gheg) — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Asturian: alredor de — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Finnish: ympäri — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Portuguese: em volta de — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Russian: по пери́метру (po perímetru) — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Slovak: okolo — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Spanish: alrededor de — following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point
• Arabic: حَوْلَ (ḥawla) — following a path
• Arabic: حوالين (ḥawālyen) — following a path
• Catalan: passant — following a path
• Dutch: om — following a path
• Dutch: omheen — following a path
• Dutch: langs — following a path
• Finnish: ympäri — following a path
• French: autour de — following a path
• Italian: intorno — following a path
• Macedonian: околу (okolu) — following a path
• Portuguese: ao redor de — following a path
• Romanian: împrejurul — following a path
• Russian: вокру́г (vokrúg) — following a path
• Russian: в обхо́д (v obxód) — following a path
• Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — following a path
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — following a path
• Scottish Gaelic: timcheall — following a path
• Scottish Gaelic: mu thimcheall — following a path
• Slovak: okolo — following a path
• Spanish: alrededor de — following a path
• Swedish: runt — following a path
• Swedish: kring — following a path
• Ukrainian: навко́ло (navkólo) — following a path
• Albanian: rrethinë — near
• Arabic: بِالْقُرْب (bi-l-qurbi) — near
• Arabic: قُرْبَ (qurba) — near
• Bulgarian: о́коло (ókolo) — near
• Chinese Mandarin: 近 (jìn) — near
• Chinese Mandarin: 大約 /大约 (dàyuē) — near
• Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — near
• Finnish: noin — near
• Finnish: tienoilla — near
• Finnish: suunnilleen — near
• Finnish: pintaan — near
• Finnish: kieppeillä — near
• Finnish: lähelle — near
• Finnish: aikoihin — near
• French: vers — near
• French: autour de — near
• German: etwa — near
• German: ungefähr — near
• Hindi: ... के आस-पास (... ke ās-pās) — near
• Ingrian: äärees — near
• Irish: i dtrátha — near
• Italian: vicino — near
• Italian: intorno a — near
• Italian: verso — near
• Macedonian: околу (okolu) — near
• Macedonian: близу (blizu) — near
• Khiamniungan Naga: ēmkō — near
• Khiamniungan Naga: tám — near
• Portuguese: em torno de — near
• Portuguese: por volta de — near
• Portuguese: perto de — near
• Romanian: aproape de — near
• Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — near
• Russian: вблизи́ (vblizí) — near
• Scots: aroond — near
• Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — near
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — near
• Scottish Gaelic: timcheall — near
• Scottish Gaelic: mu thimcheall — near
• Slovak: okolo — near
• Slovak: naokolo — near
• Spanish: a eso de — near
• Spanish: cerca de — near
• Spanish: a aqueso de — near
• Swedish: omkring — near
• Swedish: runt — near
• Ukrainian: бі́ля (bílja) — near
• Ukrainian: поблизу́ (poblyzú) — near
• Walloon: diviè — near
• Walloon: aviè — near
• Walloon: viè — near
• Albanian: rretherrotull — at various places in
• Asturian: per — at various places in
• Catalan: per — at various places in
• Finnish: ympäri — at various places in
• Finnish: -lla — at various places in
• French: dans — at various places in
• Italian: in giro per — at various places in
• Latin: inter — at various places in
• Macedonian: наоколу (naokolu) — at various places in
• Portuguese: por — at various places in
• Russian: по (po) — at various places in
• Scottish Gaelic: mun cuairt — at various places in
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt — at various places in
• Scottish Gaelic: timcheall — at various places in
• Scottish Gaelic: mu thimcheall — at various places in
• Slovak: okolo — at various places in
• Slovak: po — at various places in
• Spanish: por — at various places in