surround

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

Noun

Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

Concepts

entourer

encercler

⭕

cerner

enceindre

emmêler

ceindre

assiéger

environner

contourner

envelopper

enrouler

enserrer

environnement

investir

limitrophe

milieu

mur

paroi

tourbillonner

voisinage

ceinturer

clôturer

faire le tour de

alentour

tourner autour

aux alentours de

border

bordure

boucler

cercler

💍

confiner

couvrir

enclore

enfermer

Synonymes

encircle

enclose

encompass

besiege

hem in

envelop

circle

⭕

beset

beleaguer

environ

cover

close in

ring

💍

fence

around

circumvent

crowd around

confine

pervade

skirt

inclose

go around

compass about

throng

round

circumscribe

begird

go round

gird

embrace

fence in

environment

corral

gather round

smother

surroundings

envelope

✉️

round up

circumambulate

enfold

palisade

picket

hinder

hedge

girdle

frame

mob

environs

corner

border

Traductions

circondare

umgeben

rodear

omringen

accerchiare

cercar

einschließen

insluiten

cercar

umringen

omgeven

circumdar

envoltar

cingere

umzingeln

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/səˈɹaʊnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sourrounden

In summary

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).