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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt/
"Il a pris un chemin indirect pour arriver ici."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by a circuitous, indirect, or rambling path, expression, or method.
"He took an around-about route to avoid the heavy highway traffic."
- 1
A road junction at which traffic moves in one direction around a central island; a roundabout.
"Take the second exit at the around-about to reach the town center."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the preposition 'around' (from Old English 'on ūtan') and the noun/adverb 'about' (from Old English 'on būtan', meaning on the outside). Historically emerging in Middle English, the compound evolved to describe things that are circuitous, indirect, or characterized by a roundabout path.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Around-about" is said worldwide
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indirect
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt/
"Il a pris un chemin indirect pour arriver ici."
umweghaft
Transliteration: /ˈʊm.veːkˌhaft/
"Sie nahm einen umweghaften Weg durch die Stadt."
indiretto
Transliteration: /in.diˈrɛt.to/
"Ha dato una spiegazione molto indiretta."
indirecto
Transliteration: /indiˈɾekto/
"Tomamos un camino indirecto para evitar el tráfico."
indireto
Transliteration: /ĩ.diˈɾe.tu/
"Ele deu uma resposta muito indireta."
अप्रत्यक्ष
Transliteration: apratyaksh
"उसने अपनी बात कहने के लिए एक अप्रत्यक्ष तरीका अपनाया।"
绕圈子的
Transliteration: rào quān zi de
"他用绕圈子的方式回答了这个问题。"
우회적인
Transliteration: uhoejeogin
"그는 우회적인 표현을 사용하여 마음을 전했다."
遠回りの
Transliteration: tōmawari no
"私たちは遠回りの道を通って目的地に着いた。"
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