autour - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

around  adv.   - surrounding	autour
about  adv.	autour de   - à peu près
around  adv.   - surrounding	tout autour
round  adv. (Brit.)   - on all sides	tout autour

Prepositions / Pronouns

around  prep.   - surrounding	autour de
round  prep. (Brit.)   - in a circle around, around	autour de

Verbs

to loop sth. around sth.  | looped, looped |	enrouler qc. autour de qc.
to twine about (or: around) sth.  | twined, twined |	s'entortiller autour de qc.
to cluster around sth.  | clustered, clustered |   - people	se rassembler autour de qc.

Nouns

world cruise

la croisière autour du monde

Phrases / Collocations

all round sth. (Brit.)	tout autour de qc.
to embrace so.  | embraced, embraced |   - hug	passer ses bras autour de qn.
to nibble around the edges	tourner autour du pot [fig.]
to beat about the bush (Brit.) [fig.] [coll.]	tourner autour du pot [fig.] [coll.]
to beat around the bush (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]	tourner autour du pot [fig.] [coll.]
to wall sth. ⇔  in  | walled, walled | [CONSTR.]   - garden	construire un mur (tout) autour de qc.

Examples

He nibbled around the edges but never dealt with any of the questions I asked him.

Il a tourné autour du pot mais n'a jamais répondu aux questions que je lui ait posées.

Orthographically similar words

author

auteur, vautour

Related search terms

parages, quelque, sensiblement, environ