FromProto-Slavic*okolo, from*kolo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔkoɫo]

о́коло• (ókolo)

1. round,around
2. by,next to
3. about,approximately
4. with respect to, inreference to, withreference to

• око́лен(okólen),око́лност(okólnost)

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*okolo, from*kolo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈokəɫə]

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о́коло• (ókolo) [withgenitive]

1. near,around,about,by

   Synonym:приблизи́тельно(priblizítelʹno)

   • 1886,Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov],Гриша,Санкт-Петербург:Осколки; English translation fromConstance Garnett, transl.,Grisha,1922:

     Тут мно́го ды́ма, па́хнет жарки́м и кака́я-то же́нщина стои́то́коло пе́чки и жа́рит котле́ты.

     Tut mnógo dýma, páxnet žarkím i kakája-to žénščina stoítókolo péčki i žárit kotléty.

     Here there is a great deal of smoke, there is a smell of roast meat, and a woman is standingby the stove frying cutlets.

Compounds:

• вокру́г да о́коло(vokrúg da ókolo)

Phrases

• ходи́ть вокру́г да о́коло impf(xodítʹ vokrúg da ókolo)

Close related:

• око́лица f(okólica)
• око́льный(okólʹnyj)

Other:

• колесо́ n(kolesó)(See for more)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “около”, inТолковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographerWolf, M. O.

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*okolo.

• IPA^(key): /ôkolo/
• Hyphenation:о‧ко‧ло

о̏коло (Latin spellingȍkolo)

1. around

о̏коло (Latin spellingȍkolo)[withgenitive]

1. around

   около куће ―around the house

• “около”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

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