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• Received-Pronunciation: /ðɛəɹəˈbaʊt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈðɛəɹəbaʊt/
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• General-American: /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊt/
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From Middle English ther-aboute, ther-abouten (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; surrounding it; nearby, neighbouring; here and there, throughout that place; of an action, matter, etc.: about, concerning; of an amount or distance: approximately, more or less; of time: about then, around that time”) [and other forms], from Old English þǣrābūtan, þǣronbūtan, from þǣr (“there”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this; that”) + *-r) + abūtan, onbūtan (“about; round about; on; on the outside”) (from on- (prefix meaning ‘on; upon; there; thither; to’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2en- (“on; onto”)) + būtan (“just, merely, only”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1ep- + *úd (“away; out; outwards; upwards”))). The English word is analysable as there + about. The word is attested earlier than thereabouts.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: около (okolo) — about or near that place
• Dutch: daaromheen — about or near that place
• Finnish: noilla main — about or near that place
• Finnish: tuollapäin — about or near that place
• Finnish: niillä main — about or near that place
• Finnish: sielläpäin — about or near that place
• German: daherum — about or near that place
• German: dortherum — about or near that place
• German: in der Gegend — about or near that place
• German: um die Ecke — about or near that place
• Italian: nei dintorni — about or near that place
• Italian: nei pressi — about or near that place
• Italian: nelle vicinanze — about or near that place
• Northern Kurdish: wan deran — about or near that place
• Portuguese: em torno disto — about or near that place
• Russian: о́коло того́ (ókolo tovó) — about or near that place
• Russian: о́коло э́того (ókolo étovo) — about or near that place
• Spanish: algo por ahí — about or near that place
• Spanish: por ahí — about or near that place
• Spanish: a eso de — about or near that place
• Spanish: a aqueso de — about or near that place
• Spanish: poco más o menos — about or near that place
• Spanish: sobre poco más o menos — about or near that place
• Swedish: däromkring — about or near that place
• Ukrainian: десь там (desʹ tam) — about or near that place
• Ukrainian: поруч (poruč) — about or near that place
• Bulgarian: около (okolo) — about or around that date or time
• Finnish: noin — about or around that date or time
• Finnish: paikkeilla — about or around that date or time
• Finnish: maissa — about or around that date or time
• Northern Kurdish: wan deman — about or around that date or time
• Northern Kurdish: wî zemanî — about or around that date or time
• Swedish: däromkring — about or around that date or time
• Northern Kurdish: nêzîkî — about or near to that condition or quality
• Northern Kurdish: teqrîben — about or near to that condition or quality
• Northern Kurdish: derdorî — about or near to that condition or quality
• Swedish: däromkring — about or near to that condition or quality
• Bulgarian: приблизително (priblizitelno) — approximately that number or quantity
• Finnish: suunnilleen — approximately that number or quantity
• Northern Kurdish: teqrîben — approximately that number or quantity
• Northern Kurdish: nêzîkî — approximately that number or quantity
• Northern Kurdish: derdorî — approximately that number or quantity
• Latin: ad — approximately that number or quantity
• Swedish: däromkring — approximately that number or quantity