encirclement

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• /ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 N S ER1 K AH0 L M AH0 N T 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 Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English encirclement From encircle + -ment.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: курчу (kurču) — act of encircling
• Belarusian: акружэ́нне (akružénnje) — act of encircling
• Bulgarian: обкръже́ние (obkrǎžénie) — act of encircling
• Chinese Mandarin: 包圍 /包围 (bāowéi) — act of encircling
• Czech: obklíčení — act of encircling
• Finnish: ympyröinti — act of encircling
• German: Umzingelung — act of encircling
• German: Umzingeln — act of encircling
• German: Einkesseln — act of encircling
• German: Einkesselung — act of encircling
• Greek: περιτριγύρισμα (peritrigýrisma) — act of encircling
• Japanese: 包囲 (hōi) — act of encircling
• Korean: 포위 (powi) — act of encircling
• Māori: whiwhinga — act of encircling
• Māori: taiāwhiotanga — act of encircling
• Māori: ponitakatanga — act of encircling
• Polish: okrążenie — act of encircling
• Romanian: încercuire — act of encircling
• Russian: окруже́ние (okružénije) — act of encircling
• Slovak: obkľúčenie — act of encircling
• Ukrainian: ото́чення (otóčennja) — act of encircling
• Welsh: amgylchyniad — act of encircling
• Southern Altai: курчу (kurču) — isolation of a target
• Armenian: շրջափակում (šrǰapʻakum) — isolation of a target
• Chinese Mandarin: 包围圈 (bāowéiquān) — isolation of a target
• Finnish: saarto — isolation of a target
• Finnish: piiritys — isolation of a target
• Finnish: motitus — isolation of a target
• German: Umzingelung — isolation of a target
• German: Umzingeln — isolation of a target
• German: Einkesselung — isolation of a target
• German: Einkesseln — isolation of a target
• Hindi: घेराव (gherāv) — isolation of a target
• Latvian: ielenkums — isolation of a target
• Polish: otoczenie — isolation of a target
• Romanian: încercuire — isolation of a target
• Romanian: înconjurare — isolation of a target
• Russian: окруже́ние (okružénije) — isolation of a target
• Ukrainian: ото́чення (otóčennja) — isolation of a target
• Welsh: amgylchyniad — isolation of a target