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• /səˈɹaʊnd/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Latin unda Latin undō Late Latin superundōder. Middle French souronderbor. Middle English sourrounden English surround From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَحَاطَ (ʔaḥāṭa) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Arabic: حَفَّ (ḥaffa) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Arabic: طَوَّقَ (ṭawwaqa) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Armenian: շրջապատել (šrǰapatel) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Assamese: বেৰ (ber) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Assamese: আগুৰ (agur) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Asturian: arredolar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Azerbaijani: əhatə etmək — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Azerbaijani: əhatələmək — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Azerbaijani: əhatəyə almaq — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Azerbaijani: dövrələmək — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Azerbaijani: dövrəyə almaq — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Bulgarian: обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Catalan: circumdar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Catalan: rodejar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Catalan: envoltar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Catalan: voltar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 包圍 /包围 (bāowéi) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍繞 /围绕 (wéirào) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Czech: obklopit — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Czech: obehnat — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Dutch: omgeven — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Dutch: omringen — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Dutch: omcirkelen — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Dutch: omsingelen — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Dutch: insluiten — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭi — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Estonian: ümbritsema — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Finnish: ympäröidä — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• French: entourer — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• French: cerner — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• West-Frisian: omjaan — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Georgian: გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Georgian: გარშემოხვევა (garšemoxveva) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• German: umgeben — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• German: umringen — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisatjan) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwaibjan) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Greek: περικλείω (perikleío) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Greek: περιβάλλω (perivállo) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Greek: περιτριγυρίζω (peritrigyrízo) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ancient Greek: κυκλόω (kuklóō) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Hindi: घेरना (ghernā) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Hungarian: körbevesz — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Icelandic: umkringja — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ido: cirkondar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Irish: timpeallaigh — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Italian: circondare — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Japanese: 囲む (kakomu) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Japanese: 取り巻く (torimaku) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Latin: circumdō — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Latin: circumeō — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Latin: circueō — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Latin: cingō — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Limburgish: ómgaeve — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Macedonian: опкружува (opkružuva) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Macedonian: опкружи (opkruži) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Malayalam: ചുറ്റുക (cuṟṟuka) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Malayalam: വളയുക (vaḷayuka) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: poti — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: karapoti — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: karapoi — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: whakaawhi — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: pīhao — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: korohiko — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: korohikohiko — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Māori: ponitaka — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Eastern Mari: аваш (avaš) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Mongolian: тойруулах (tojruulax) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Norwegian Bokmål: omgi — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omgi — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Occitan: enrodar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Old English: ymbfaran — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Old English: besellan — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Oromo: marsuu — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Polish: otaczać — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Portuguese: contornar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Portuguese: cercar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Quechua: kanchay — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Romanian: înconjura — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Russian: окружи́ть (okružítʹ) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Sanskrit: वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Spanish: envolver — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Spanish: cercar — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Spanish: rodear — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Spanish: arrodear — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Swedish: omge — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Thai: ล้อม (lɔ́ɔm) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Tocharian B: wārp- — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Tocharian B: wāl- — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ottoman Turkish: چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ottoman Turkish: صارمق (sarmak) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ukrainian: оточувати (otočuvaty) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Ukrainian: оточи́ти (otočýty) — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Walloon: retourer — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Walloon: eclôre — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Welsh: amgylchu — to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
• Armenian: շրջափակել (šrǰapʻakel) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Bulgarian: обсаждам (obsaždam) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Catalan: circumdar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Catalan: rodejar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Catalan: envoltar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Catalan: voltar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 包圍 /包围 (bāowéi) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Czech: obklíčit — to enclose to prevent escape
• Danish: omringe — to enclose to prevent escape
• Dutch: omringen — to enclose to prevent escape
• Dutch: omcirkelen — to enclose to prevent escape
• Dutch: omsluiten — to enclose to prevent escape
• Dutch: omsingelen — to enclose to prevent escape
• Dutch: insluiten — to enclose to prevent escape
• Finnish: saartaa — to enclose to prevent escape
• Finnish: piirittää — to enclose to prevent escape
• French: enceindre — to enclose to prevent escape
• Galician: cercar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Galician: encerrar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Georgian: ალყის შემორტყმა (alq̇is šemorṭq̇ma) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Georgian: გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) — to enclose to prevent escape
• German: umzingeln — to enclose to prevent escape
• German: umringen — to enclose to prevent escape
• Greek: περικυκλώνω (perikyklóno) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Hindi: घेरना (ghernā) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Hungarian: bekerít — to enclose to prevent escape
• Hungarian: körbevesz — to enclose to prevent escape
• Italian: circondare — to enclose to prevent escape
• Italian: accerchiare — to enclose to prevent escape
• Italian: assediare — to enclose to prevent escape
• Japanese: 囲む (kakomu) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Japanese: 包囲する (hōi suru) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Khmer: ចោម (caom) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Khmer: ប្រចោម (prɑcaom) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Khmer: ព័ទ្ធ (poat) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Khmer: ឡោម (laom) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Māori: ponitaka — to enclose to prevent escape
• Polish: otaczać — to enclose to prevent escape
• Portuguese: cercar — to enclose to prevent escape
• Russian: окружа́ть (okružátʹ) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Russian: окружи́ть (okružítʹ) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich — to enclose to prevent escape
• Swedish: omringa — to enclose to prevent escape
• Thai: โอบล้อม — to enclose to prevent escape
• Thai: ปิดล้อม (bpìt-lɔ́ɔm) — to enclose to prevent escape
• Vietnamese: bao vây — to enclose to prevent escape
• Walloon: resserer — to enclose to prevent escape
• Walloon: reclôre — to enclose to prevent escape