"encircle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encircle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: encircles [present, singular, third-person], encircling [participle, present], encircled [participle, past], encircled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl Etymology: en- + circle Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|circle}} en- + circle Head templates: {{en-verb}} encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)
  1. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around. Tags: transitive Translations (surround): κυκλόω (kuklóō) (Ancient Greek), ntsircljedz (Aromanian), обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) (Bulgarian), encerclar (Catalan), 包圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 包围 (bāowéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 環繞 (Chinese Mandarin), 环绕 (huánrào) (Chinese Mandarin), omsingelen (Dutch), ĉirkaŭi (Esperanto), ympäröidä (Finnish), saartaa (Finnish), encercler [feminine] (French), cenzi (Friulian), cercenâ (Friulian), circundâ (Friulian), contornâ (Friulian), cercar (Galician), umzingeln (German), einfassen (German), körbevesz (Hungarian), encirkligar (Ido), ciorclaigh (Irish), timpeallaigh (Irish), accerchiare (Italian), circondare (Italian), contornare (Italian), cingere (Italian), circumdō (Latin), ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ (torhombi) (Manchu), whakatāewa (note: as an enemy) (Maori), whawhe (Maori), awhe (Maori), ponitaka (Maori), tarawhiti (Maori), тойруулах (tojruulax) (Mongolian), چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), صارمق (sarmak) (Ottoman Turkish), فراگیری (farâgiri) (Persian), محاصره (mohâsere) (Persian), okrążać [imperfective] (Polish), okrążyć [perfective] (Polish), otaczać [imperfective] (Polish), otoczyć [perfective] (Polish), cercar (Portuguese), înconjura (Romanian), încercui (Romanian), împresura (Romanian), окружа́ть (okružátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), окружи́ть (okružítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi) (Sanskrit), cuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), okružiti (Serbo-Croatian), zaokružiti (Serbo-Croatian), rodear (Spanish), గిరికొను (girikonu) (Telugu), చుట్టుకొను (cuṭṭukonu) (Telugu), ото́чувати (otóčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оточи́ти (otočýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), cylchu (Welsh), amgylchynu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-encircle-en-verb-1nO0Qt1g Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'surround': 94 6
  2. To move or go around completely. Translations (to move or go around completely): taiāwhio (Maori), فراگرفتن (farâgeregtan) (Persian), محاصره کردن (mohâsere kardan) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-encircle-en-verb-3BmQKbOf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'to move or go around completely': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circulize Derived forms: encirclement

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          "word": "cercenâ"
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          "word": "cercar"
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          "word": "encirkligar"
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          "word": "timpeallaigh"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "accerchiare"
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          "note": "as an enemy",
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          "roman": "çemberlemek",
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          "word": "چنبرلمك"
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          "roman": "sarmak",
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          "word": "cercar"
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          "word": "înconjura"
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          "word": "încercui"
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          "word": "împresura"
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          "roman": "okružátʹ",
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "veveṣṭi",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "वेवेष्टि"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "cuairtich"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "okružiti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "zaokružiti"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "rodear"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "girikonu",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "గిరికొను"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "cuṭṭukonu",
          "sense": "surround",
          "word": "చుట్టుకొను"
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          "roman": "otóčuvaty",
          "sense": "surround",
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          "word": "ото́чувати"
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          "word": "cylchu"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "circulize"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ntsircljedz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obkrǎžavam",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "обкръжавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "encerclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "包圍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāowéi",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "包围"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "環繞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huánrào",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "环绕"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "omsingelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ympäröidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "saartaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encercler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cenzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cercenâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "circundâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "contornâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "umzingeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "einfassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kuklóō",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "κυκλόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "körbevesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "encirkligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ciorclaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "timpeallaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "accerchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "circondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "contornare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cingere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "circumdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "torhombi",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ᡨᠣᡵᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "as an enemy",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "whakatāewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "whawhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "awhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "ponitaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "tarawhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tojruulax",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "тойруулах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çemberlemek",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "چنبرلمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sarmak",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "صارمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâgiri",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "فراگیری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâsere",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "محاصره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "okrążać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "okrążyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "otaczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "otoczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "înconjura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "încercui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "împresura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružátʹ",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružítʹ",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veveṣṭi",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "वेवेष्टि"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cuairtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "okružiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "zaokružiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "rodear"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "girikonu",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "గిరికొను"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "cuṭṭukonu",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "చుట్టుకొను"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otóčuvaty",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ото́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otočýty",
      "sense": "surround",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оточи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "cylchu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "surround",
      "word": "amgylchynu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "taiāwhio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâgeregtan",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "فراگرفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâsere kardan",
      "sense": "to move or go around completely",
      "word": "محاصره کردن"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encircle"
}

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