Information about the word about (English → Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ)

Synonyms: toward, around

Part of speechpreposition
Pronunciation/əˈbaʊ̯t/
Hyphenationa·bout
Shavian alphabet𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑
Deseret alphabet𐐯𐐺𐐵𐐻

Usage samples

At his feet crouched his misshapen servant, hiding his face from the grim sight, his arms locked about his master’s knees.
It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.
She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her.

Translations

Afrikaansrondom; omstreeks; om
Danishom; omkring
Dutchom … heen; omstreeks; om; rondom; aan
Esperantoĉirkaŭ
Finnishympäri; ympärillä
Frenchautour de
Germanum … herum; gegen; um
Italianintorno a
Latincircum
Low Germanüm; umstreaks; rundüm
Norwegianomkring
Portugueseem volta de
Russianвокруг
Saterland Frisianuum; uum .. tou
Spanishalrededor de; en torno de
Swedishom; omkring
Tagalogsa paligid
Thaiราวๆ; ประมาณ
West Frisianom … hinne