encircle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/
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• US: [n̩̊.sɹ̩.kɫ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kəl
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 N S ER1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus Old French cerclebor. Middle English circle English circle English encircle From en- + circle.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aromanian: ntsircljedz — surround
• Bulgarian: обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) — surround
• Catalan: encerclar — surround
• Chinese Mandarin: 包圍 /包围 (bāowéi) — surround
• Chinese Mandarin: 環繞 /环绕 (huánrào) — surround
• Dutch: omsingelen — surround
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭi — surround
• Finnish: ympäröidä — surround
• Finnish: saartaa — surround
• French: encercler — surround
• Friulian: cenzi — surround
• Friulian: cercenâ — surround
• Friulian: circundâ — surround
• Friulian: contornâ — surround
• Galician: cercar — surround
• German: umzingeln — surround
• German: einfassen — surround
• Greek: περικυκλώνω (perikyklóno) — surround
• Ancient Greek: κυκλόω (kuklóō) — surround
• Hungarian: körbevesz — surround
• Ido: encirkligar — surround
• Irish: ciorclaigh — surround
• Irish: timpeallaigh — surround
• Italian: accerchiare — surround
• Italian: circondare — surround
• Italian: contornare — surround
• Italian: cingere — surround
• Latin: circumdō — surround
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ (torhombi) — surround
• Māori: whiwhi — surround
• Māori: whawhe — surround
• Māori: awhe — surround
• Māori: ponitaka — surround
• Māori: tarawhiti — surround
• Māori: whakatāewa — surround
• Māori: pākaka — surround
• Mongolian: тойруулах (tojruulax) — surround
• Persian: فراگیری (farâgiri) — surround
• Persian: محاصره (mohâsere) — surround
• Polish: okrążać — surround
• Polish: okrążyć — surround
• Polish: otaczać — surround
• Polish: otoczyć — surround
• Portuguese: cercar — surround
• Romanian: înconjura — surround
• Romanian: încercui — surround
• Romanian: împresura — surround
• Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — surround
• Russian: окружи́ть (okružítʹ) — surround
• Sanskrit: वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi) — surround
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — surround
• Serbo-Croatian: okružiti — surround
• Serbo-Croatian: zaokružiti — surround
• Spanish: circundar — surround
• Spanish: circuir — surround
• Telugu: గిరికొను (girikonu) — surround
• Telugu: చుట్టుకొను (cuṭṭukonu) — surround
• Ottoman Turkish: چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) — surround
• Ottoman Turkish: صارمق (sarmak) — surround
• Ukrainian: ото́чувати (otóčuvaty) — surround
• Ukrainian: оточи́ти (otočýty) — surround
• Welsh: cylchu — surround
• Welsh: amgylchynu — surround
• Māori: taiāwhio — to move or go around completely
• Persian: فراگرفتن (farâgeregtan) — to move or go around completely
• Persian: محاصره کردن (mohâsere kardan) — to move or go around completely