encircle

English

Etymology

en- +‎ circle

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl

Verb

encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)

(transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
To move or go around completely.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 385:
  It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.

Synonyms

circulize

Derived terms

encirclement

Translations

surround

Aromanian: ntsircljedz
Bulgarian: обкръжавам (bg) (obkrǎžavam)
Catalan: encerclar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 包圍／包围 (zh) (bāowéi), 環繞／环绕 (zh) (huánrào)
Dutch: omsingelen (nl)
Esperanto: ĉirkaŭi
Finnish: ympäröidä (fi), saartaa (fi)
French: encercler (fr) f
Friulian: cenzi, cercenâ, circundâ, contornâ
Galician: cercar
German: umzingeln (de), einfassen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: κυκλόω (kuklóō)
Hungarian: körbevesz (hu)
Ido: encirkligar (io)
Irish: ciorclaigh, timpeallaigh
Italian: accerchiare (it), circondare (it), contornare (it), cingere (it)
Latin: circumdō
Manchu: ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ (torhombi)
Maori: whakatāewa (as an enemy), whawhe, awhe, ponitaka, tarawhiti
Mongolian: тойруулах (tojruulax)
Persian: فراگیری‎ (fa) (farāgīrī), محاصره‎ (fa) (mohāsere)
Polish: okrążać (pl) impf, okrążyć (pl) pf, otaczać (pl) impf, otoczyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: cercar (pt)
Romanian: înconjura (ro), încercui (ro), împresura (ro)
Russian: окружа́ть (ru) impf (okružátʹ), окружи́ть (ru) pf (okružítʹ)
Sanskrit: वेवेष्टि (sa) (veveṣṭi)
Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich
Serbo-Croatian: okružiti (sh), zaokružiti (sh)
Spanish: rodear (es)
Telugu: గిరికొను (girikonu), చుట్టుకొను (te) (cuṭṭukonu)
Ukrainian: ото́чувати impf (otóčuvaty), оточи́ти pf (otočýty)
Welsh: cylchu (cy), amgylchynu (cy)

to move or go around completely

Maori: taiāwhio
Persian: فراگرفتن‎ (fa) (farāgeregtan), محاصره کردن‎ (fa) (mohāsere kardan)

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