roundabout
English
adj
Definitions
- Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
- Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Etymology
Compound from English round (complete, entire, forming a circle cycle) + English about.
Origin
English
about
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Roundhead English
- about English
- about-face English
- aboutness English
- abouts English
- all-round English
- around English
- cast about English
- counterround English
- cutround English
- eastabout English
- enround English
- haulabout English
- hereabout English
- howlround English
- kickabout English
- knockabout English
- layabout English
- midround English
- mini-roundabout English
- multiround English
- nearabout English
- nearabouts English
- newsround English
- nonround English
- obround English
- overround English
- postround English
- preround English
- raceabout English
- round English
- round table English
- round trip English
- round-like English
- roundaboutly English
- roundaboutness English
- roundarm English
- roundback English
- roundball English
- rounden English
- rounder English
- rounders English
- roundeth English
- roundeye English
- roundfish English
- roundhand English
- roundhead English
- roundheaded English
- roundheels English
- roundhouse English
- roundish English
- roundleaf English
- roundly English
- roundman English
- roundness English
- roundpole English
- roundshield English
- roundside English
- roundsperson English
- roundstone English
- roundwood English
- roundworm English
- runabout English
- stirabout English
- tearabout English
- thenabout English
- thereabout English
- tourabout English
- turnabout English
- turnround English
- unround English
- westabout English
- whenabout English
- whereabout English
- whirlabout English
- wrapround English
- round Italian
- round French
- раунд Russian
- round Spanish, Castilian
- round Portuguese
- アバウト Japanese
- ラウンド Japanese
- be Old English
- būtan Old English
- on Old English
- ūtan Old English
- aboute Middle English
- ront Old French
- raun Indonesian
- raundi Swahili
- nabaut Tok Pisin
- round
- about
- around
- abouts
- rounden
- enround
- rounder
- roundly
- unround
- obround
- runabout
- midround
- layabout
- roundish
- roundeye
- roundman
- nonround
- roundarm
- preround
- rounders
- roundeth
- cutround
- tourabout
- tearabout
- roundhead
- Roundhead
- turnround
- whenabout
- roundleaf
- roundness
- aboutness
- newsround
- howlround
- roundside
- roundback
- eastabout
- roundworm
- stirabout
- westabout
- roundpole
- overround
- haulabout
- kickabout
- roundball
- roundhand
- all-round
- nearabout
- roundwood
- thenabout
- wrapround
- raceabout
- roundfish
- postround
- hereabout
- turnabout
- round-like
- whirlabout
- thereabout
- roundhouse
- about-face
- roundheels
- whereabout
- cast about
- knockabout
- nearabouts
- roundstone
- round trip
- multiround
- roundheaded
- roundshield
- round table
- roundaboutly
- counterround
- roundsperson
- roundaboutness
- mini-roundabout