siege

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From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: beleëring — military blockade of settlement
• Afrikaans: beleg — military blockade of settlement
• Albanian: rrethim — military blockade of settlement
• Amharic: መከበብ (mäkäbäb) — military blockade of settlement
• Arabic: حِصَار (ḥiṣār) — military blockade of settlement
• Arabic: مُحَاصَرَة (muḥāṣara) — military blockade of settlement
• Armenian: պաշարում (pašarum) — military blockade of settlement
• Asturian: asediu — military blockade of settlement
• Azerbaijani: mühasirə — military blockade of settlement
• Basque: setio — military blockade of settlement
• Belarusian: абло́га (ablóha) — military blockade of settlement
• Belarusian: блака́да (blakáda) — military blockade of settlement
• Breton: seziz — military blockade of settlement
• Bulgarian: обса́да (obsáda) — military blockade of settlement
• Catalan: setge — military blockade of settlement
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻城戰 /攻城战 (gōngchéngzhàn) — military blockade of settlement
• Chinese Mandarin: 包圍戰 /包围战 (báowéizhàn) — military blockade of settlement
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍城 /围城 (wéichéng) — military blockade of settlement
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍困 /围困 (wéikùn) — military blockade of settlement
• Czech: obležení — military blockade of settlement
• Danish: belejring — military blockade of settlement
• Dutch: belegering — military blockade of settlement
• Dutch: beleg — military blockade of settlement
• Esperanto: sieĝo — military blockade of settlement
• Estonian: piiramine — military blockade of settlement
• Finnish: piiritys — military blockade of settlement
• French: siège — military blockade of settlement
• Galician: asedio — military blockade of settlement
• Galician: sitio — military blockade of settlement
• Galician: cerco — military blockade of settlement
• Georgian: ალყა (alq̇a) — military blockade of settlement
• Georgian: ბლოკადა (bloḳada) — military blockade of settlement
• German: Belagerung — military blockade of settlement
• Greek: πολιορκία (poliorkía) — military blockade of settlement
• Ancient Greek: πολιορκία (poliorkía) — military blockade of settlement
• Hebrew: מָצוֹר (matsór) — military blockade of settlement
• Hindi: घेरा (gherā) — military blockade of settlement
• Hindi: घेराबंदी (gherābandī) — military blockade of settlement
• Hungarian: ostrom — military blockade of settlement
• Icelandic: herkví — military blockade of settlement
• Icelandic: umsátur — military blockade of settlement
• Ido: siejo — military blockade of settlement
• Indonesian: pengepungan — military blockade of settlement
• Irish: léigear — military blockade of settlement
• Italian: assedio — military blockade of settlement
• Japanese: 攻城戦 (kōjōsen) — military blockade of settlement
• Japanese: 包囲 (hōi) — military blockade of settlement
• Kazakh: қамау (qamau) — military blockade of settlement
• Kazakh: қоршау (qorşau) — military blockade of settlement
• Kazakh: қамалау (qamalau) — military blockade of settlement
• Khmer: ការឡោមព័ទ្ធ (kaalaompŏətthɔɔ) — military blockade of settlement
• Korean: 공성전 (gongseongjeon) — military blockade of settlement
• Korean: 포위 (powi) — military blockade of settlement
• Kyrgyz: камоо (kamoo) — military blockade of settlement
• Kyrgyz: курчоо (kurcoo) — military blockade of settlement
• Latin: obsidiō — military blockade of settlement
• Latin: obsessiō — military blockade of settlement
• Latvian: aplenkums — military blockade of settlement
• Lithuanian: apgula — military blockade of settlement
• Macedonian: опсада (opsada) — military blockade of settlement
• Malay: pengepungan — military blockade of settlement
• Norwegian Bokmål: beleiring — military blockade of settlement
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omleiring — military blockade of settlement
• Pashto: محاصره (mahāsera) — military blockade of settlement
• Persian: محاصره (mohâsere) — military blockade of settlement
• Polish: oblężenie — military blockade of settlement
• Portuguese: sítio — military blockade of settlement
• Portuguese: cerco — military blockade of settlement
• Portuguese: assédio — military blockade of settlement
• Romanian: asediu — military blockade of settlement
• Russian: оса́да (osáda) — military blockade of settlement
• Russian: блока́да (blokáda) — military blockade of settlement
• Scottish Gaelic: sèist — military blockade of settlement
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏псада — military blockade of settlement
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍpsada — military blockade of settlement
• Slovak: obliehanie — military blockade of settlement
• Slovene: obleganje — military blockade of settlement
• Spanish: sitio — military blockade of settlement
• Spanish: asedio — military blockade of settlement
• Swedish: belägring — military blockade of settlement
• Tajik: муҳосира (muhosira) — military blockade of settlement
• Tajik: муҳосара (muhosara) — military blockade of settlement
• Thai: การล้อม (gaan-lɔ́ɔm) — military blockade of settlement
• Turkish: kuşatma — military blockade of settlement
• Turkish: muhasara — military blockade of settlement
• Ukrainian: обло́га (oblóha) — military blockade of settlement
• Ukrainian: блока́да (blokáda) — military blockade of settlement
• Urdu: محاصرہ (muhāsara) — military blockade of settlement
• Urdu: گھِیرا (gherā) — military blockade of settlement
• Uzbek: muhosara — military blockade of settlement
• Vietnamese: sự bao vây — military blockade of settlement
• Vietnamese: sự phong tỏa — military blockade of settlement
• Welsh: gwarchae — military blockade of settlement