surroundings

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/
• Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ings

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Noun

surroundings

1. plural of surrounding

Noun

surroundings pl (plural only)

1. The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.
2. (physics) All parts of the universe that are not within the thermodynamic system of interest.

Translations

area surrounding someone or something

• Arabic: مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ)
• Belarusian: навако́лле n (navakóllje)
• Bulgarian: око́лности (bg) f pl (okólnosti)
• Catalan: entorn (ca) m, ambient (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 周圍／周围 (zau¹ wai⁴)

  Mandarin: 周圍／周围 (zh) (zhōuwéi)

• Czech: okolí (cs) n
• Danish: omgivelse c
• Dutch: omgeving (nl) f
• Egyptian: (hꜣw)
• Esperanto: ĉirkaŭo, ĉirkaŭaĵo
• Finnish: ympäristö (fi)
• French: environnement (fr) m, voisinage (fr) m
• Galician: contorna f
• Georgian: არემარე (aremare), მიდამო (midamo), გარემომცველი არე (garemomcveli are), შემოგარენი (šemogareni), გარემო (garemo)
• German: Umgebung (de) f
• Hebrew: סְבִיבָה (he) f (s'vivá)
• Irish: urthimpeall m, timpeallacht f
• Japanese: 周囲 (ja) (しゅうい, shūi)
• Korean: 주위(周圍) (ko) (juwi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omgivelser m pl

• Plautdietsch: Omjäajent f
• Polish: okolica (pl) f
• Portuguese: ambiente (pt) m, redondezas, arredores (pt)
• Romanian: jur (ro)
• Russian: окре́стности (ru) f pl (okréstnosti), окру́га (ru) f (okrúga), око́лица (ru) f (okólica) (dialectal or folk)
• Sanskrit: अम्बर (sa) n (ambara)
• Slovak: okolie n
• Spanish: entorno (es) m
• Ukrainian: око́лиця (uk) f (okólycja)
• Yiddish: סבֿיבֿה f (svive)

parts not within the system

• Czech: okolí (cs) n
• Finnish: ympäristö (fi)

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הֶקֵּף (he) m (hekéf)