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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *okolo, from *kolo.
Pronunciation
Preposition
о́коло • (ókolo)
- round, around
- by, next to
- about, approximately
- with respect to, in reference to, with reference to
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo, from *kolo.
Pronunciation
Preposition
о́коло • (ókolo)
- near, around, about, by
- Synonym: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôkolo/
- Hyphenation: о‧ко‧ло
Adverb
о̏коло (Latin spelling ȍkolo)
- around
Preposition
о̏коло (Latin spelling ȍkolo) (+ genitive case)
- around
- около куће ― around the house
Further reading
- “около”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025