How do you pronounce encirclement?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/.

encirclement

/ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

"Not only did it give the Russians an abiding fear of encirclement, whether by nomadic hordes or by nuclear-missile sites, but it also launched them on their relentless drive eastwards and southwards into Asia, and eventually collision with the British in India."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus Old French cerclebor. Middle English circle English circle English encircle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English encirclement From encircle + -ment.

encirclements (plural)

operational encirclement

blockade

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