encircle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛnˈsɜrkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)kəl

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.

Translations

surround

• Bulgarian: обкръжавам (bg) (obkrǎžavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包圍 (cmn), 包围 (cmn) (bāowéi), 環繞 (cmn), 环绕 (cmn) (huánrào)

• Finnish: ympäröidä (fi)
• French: encercler (fr) f

• Italian: accerchiare (it), circondare (it)
• Romanian: înconjura (ro), încercui (ro), împresura (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuairtich (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: okružiti (sh), zaokružiti (sh)
• Spanish: rodear (es)

Derived terms

• encirclement