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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/
- Hyphenation: sur‧round‧ings
Noun
surroundings
- plural of surrounding
Noun
surroundings pl (plural only)
- The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.
- (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)
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parts not within the system
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