circumnavigate

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
  2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
  3. (intransitive) To sail around the world.

Vertalings

umsegeln

περιπλέω

circumnaviguer

faire le tour de

circumnāvigō

etrafını dolaşmak

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

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