okolo

See also: około, około-, and около

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech okolo, from Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈokolo]
  • Audio(file)

Preposition

okolo + genitive

  1. round
    Šel okolo našeho domu. ― He went around our house.

Adverb

okolo

  1. round
    Šel jenom tak okolo. ― He just only went around.
adjective
nouns

Further reading
  • okolo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • okolo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • okolo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ôkolo/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ko‧lo

Adverb

ȍkolo (Cyrillic spelling о̏коло)

  1. around

Preposition

ȍkolo (Cyrillic spelling о̏коло) (+ genitive case)

  1. around
    okolo kuće ― around the house

Further reading
  • “okolo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈokolo]

Preposition

okolo (followed by a genitive)

  1. around
  2. in the neighborhood of
    Okolo Súče vodička tečie. ― In the neighborhood of Súča water flows.

Further reading
  • okolo in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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