entouraient in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for entouraient in the French»English Dictionary

I.entourer [ɑ̃tuʀe] VB trans

1. entourer (être autour):

entourer bâtiments, clôture, personnes:

to surround

des collines entourent la ville

the town is surrounded by hills

des dangers/tentations les entouraient

they were surrounded by danger/temptations

un châle entourait ses épaules

she had a shawl around her shoulders

les gens/objets qui nous entourent

the people/things around us

le monde qui nous entoure

the world around us

2. entourer (placer autour):

entourer qc de qc

to put sth around sth

entourer qn/la taille de qn de son bras

to put one's arm around sb/sb's waist

entourer qc de mystère

to shroud sth in mystery

entourer qn d'affection

to surround sb with love

entourer qn de sollicitude/soins

to lavish attention /care on sb

entourer un mot d'un cercle

to circle a word

3. entourer (soutenir):

entourer

to rally round Brit

entourer malade, veuve

to rally around Am

sa famille l'a bien entouré

his family rallied round him

II.s'entourer VB refl

1. s'entourer (réunir autour de soi):

s'entourer d'amis/objets/de mystère

to surround oneself with friends/things/mystery

s'entourer de précautions

to take every possible precaution

s'entourer de garanties

to make sure that one has every possible guarantee

2. s'entourer (se mettre):

s'entourer d'une pèlerine/d'un châle

to wrap oneself (up) in a cape/shawl

s'entourer les épaules d'un châle

to put ou wrap a shawl around one's shoulders

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entourer qn de sollicitude

to cosset sb

Translations for entouraient in the English»French Dictionary

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encircle fence, wall:

entourer

surround fence, trees: village, garden

entourer

surround fig secrecy, confusion: plan, event

entourer

to surround oneself with

s'entourer de

stockade

entourer [qc] d'une palissade

fence in area, garden

entourer [qc] d'une clôture

wall in

entourer

rim

entourer

rail off area

entourer [qc] d'un grillage

to cloak in, to cloak with (surround with) anonymity, secrecy, humour

entourer de

entouraient in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for entouraient in the French»English Dictionary

I.entourer [ɑ̃tuʀe] VB trans

1. entourer (être autour):

entourer

to surround

2. entourer (mettre autour):

entourer un mot

to circle a word

entourer un jardin d'une clôture

to fence off a garden

3. entourer (soutenir):

entourer qn

to rally around sb

entourer qn de soins

to give sb every attention

4. entourer fig:

entourer qc de mystère

to surround sth in mystery

II.entourer [ɑ̃tuʀe] VB refl

s'entourer de bons amis

to surround oneself with good friends

s'entourer de précautions

to take every precaution

s'entourer de garanties

to insist on guarantees

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s'entourer de précautions

to take every possible precaution

s'entourer de mystère

to shroud oneself in secrecy

Translations for entouraient in the English»French Dictionary

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hem about

entourer

shroud

entourer

shroud in mystery

entourer

shroud in secrecy

entourer

encompass

entourer

surround

entourer

hedge in

entourer d'une haie

hedge about

entourer d'une haie

to enclose sth with sth

entourer qc de qc

entouraient Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

s'entourer de mystère

to shroud oneself in secrecy

entourer un mot

to circle a word

entourer un jardin d'une clôture

to fence off a garden

entourer qn

to rally around sb

entourer qn de soins

to give sb every attention

entourer qc de mystère

to surround sth in mystery

s'entourer de bons amis

to surround oneself with good friends

s'entourer de précautions

to take every precaution

s'entourer de garanties

to insist on guarantees

s'entourer de précautions

to take every possible precaution