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• Canada: /ənˈkloʊz/
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• UK: /ɪnˈkləʊz/
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• US: /ɪnˈkloʊz/
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• rhymes with -əʊz
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 N K L OW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English enclosen, inclosen, from Middle English enclos, from Old French enclose, feminine plural past participle of enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudō, *inclaudere, from Latin inclūdō (doublet of include), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh2u- (“key, hook, nail”). Equivalent to en- + close.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: thur — surround, fence in
• Bulgarian: заграждам (zagraždam) — surround, fence in
• Bulgarian: обграждам (obgraždam) — surround, fence in
• Chinese Mandarin: 围绕 — surround, fence in
• Chinese Mandarin: 包围 (bāowéi) — surround, fence in
• Cornish: keas — surround, fence in
• Cornish: parkya — surround, fence in
• Czech: uzavřít — surround, fence in
• Dutch: omheinen — surround, fence in
• Estonian: ümbritsema — surround, fence in
• Finnish: ympäröidä — surround, fence in
• Finnish: aidata — surround, fence in
• Galician: choer — surround, fence in
• Galician: cercar — surround, fence in
• Ancient Greek: περιέχω (periékhō) — surround, fence in
• Hungarian: elkerít — surround, fence in
• Hungarian: bekerít — surround, fence in
• Irish: crioslaigh — surround, fence in
• Irish: fálaigh — surround, fence in
• Irish: timpeallaigh — surround, fence in
• Italian: cintare — surround, fence in
• Khmer: វាំង (vĕəng) — surround, fence in
• Latin: saepiō — surround, fence in
• Latin: arceō — surround, fence in
• Latin: circumdō — surround, fence in
• Māori: taiepa — surround, fence in
• Māori: meri — surround, fence in
• Māori: tāepa — surround, fence in
• Māori: ponitaka — surround, fence in
• Eastern Mari: аваш (avaš) — surround, fence in
• Norwegian Bokmål: innfatte — surround, fence in
• Norwegian Bokmål: omslutte — surround, fence in
• Old English: tȳnan — surround, fence in
• Portuguese: cercar — surround, fence in
• Russian: огражда́ть (ograždátʹ) — surround, fence in
• Russian: огради́ть (ogradítʹ) — surround, fence in
• Russian: загражда́ть (zagraždátʹ) — surround, fence in
• Russian: загради́ть (zagradítʹ) — surround, fence in
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — surround, fence in
• Slovene: zagraditi — surround, fence in
• Slovene: ograditi — surround, fence in
• Swedish: innesluta — surround, fence in
• Swedish: omringa — surround, fence in
• Swedish: inhägna — surround, fence in
• Thai: ปิด (bpìt) — surround, fence in
• Tocharian B: wāl- — surround, fence in
• Ukrainian: оточувати (otočuvaty) — surround, fence in
• Ukrainian: обмежувати (obmežuvaty) — surround, fence in
• Vietnamese: bao vây — surround, fence in
• Welsh: amgáu — surround, fence in
• Bulgarian: прилагам (prilagam) — insert
• Danish: vedlægge — insert
• Danish: tilføje — insert
• Dutch: bijvoegen — insert
• Dutch: insluiten — insert
• Esperanto: almeti — insert
• Finnish: paketoida — insert
• Finnish: kääriä — insert
• Finnish: purkittaa — insert
• Finnish: laittaa mukaan — insert
• Finnish: sisällyttää — insert
• German: beifügen — insert
• German: einschliessen — insert
• Hebrew: צרף — insert
• Hungarian: csatol — insert
• Irish: cuir faoi iamh — insert
• Māori: kōpaki — insert
• Norwegian: vedlegge — insert
• Norwegian: tilføye — insert
• Portuguese: colocar — insert
• Russian: прилага́ть (prilagátʹ) — insert
• Russian: приложи́ть (priložítʹ) — insert
• Russian: вкла́дывать (vkládyvatʹ) — insert
• Russian: вложи́ть (vložítʹ) — insert
• Slovene: priložiti — insert
• Slovene: vložiti — insert
• Swedish: bifoga — insert
• Swedish: innesluta — insert
• Swedish: tillfoga — insert
• Ukrainian: вкладати (vkladaty) — insert
• Ukrainian: укладати (ukladaty) — insert
• Welsh: amgáu — insert