"encirclement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encirclement.wav [Southern-England] Forms: encirclements [plural]
Etymology: From encircle + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|encircle|ment}} encircle + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} encirclement (countable and uncountable, plural encirclements)
  1. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of encircling): акружэ́нне (akružénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), обкръже́ние (obkrǎžénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 包圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 包围 (bāowéi) (Chinese Mandarin), obklíčení [neuter] (Czech), ympyröinti (Finnish), Umzingelung [feminine] (German), Umzingeln [neuter] (German), 包囲 (hōi) (alt: ほうい) (Japanese), 포위 (powi) (alt: 包圍) (Korean), taiāwhiotanga (Maori), ponitakatanga (Maori), okrążenie [neuter] (Polish), încercuire [feminine] (Romanian), окруже́ние (okružénije) [neuter] (Russian), obkľúčenie [neuter] (Slovak), курчу (kurču) (Southern Altai), ото́чення (otóčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amgylchyniad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-encirclement-en-noun-GwygoqD9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'act of encircling': 97 3
  2. (military) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military Translations (isolation of a target): շրջափակում (šrǰapʻakum) (Armenian), 包围圈 (bāowéiquān) (Chinese Mandarin), saarto (Finnish), piiritys (Finnish), motitus (Finnish), Umzingelung [feminine] (German), Umzingeln [neuter] (German), Einkesselung [feminine] (German), Einkesseln [neuter] (German), otoczenie [neuter] (Polish), încercuire [feminine] (Romanian), înconjurare [feminine] (Romanian), окруже́ние (okružénije) [neuter] (Russian), курчу (kurču) (Southern Altai), ото́чення (otóčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), amgylchyniad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-encirclement-en-noun-vC6Wp6us Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'isolation of a target': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: operational encirclement

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einkesselung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einkesseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "otoczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "încercuire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "înconjurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružénije",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "окруже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kurču",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "word": "курчу"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otóčennja",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ото́чення"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "isolation of a target",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amgylchyniad"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "encirclement"
  ],
  "word": "encirclement"
}

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