English Explanatory Dictionary

circumnavigate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
  2. To circumvent or bypass.
  3. To sail around the world.

Pronunciation

/ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ /ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ en-us-circumnavigate.ogg en-au-circumnavigate.ogg

Word forms

circumnavigate circumnavigates circumnavigating circumnavigated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

Synonyms

compass environ go around sail around

Related words

circumnavigation circumnavigator navigate

Derived words

circumnavigatory uncircumnavigated

Translations

Catalan: circumnavegar Czech: obeplout Finnish: purjehtia jonkin ympäri French: circumnaviguer German: umsegeln German: umschiffen German: umfahren Hungarian: körbehajóz Hungarian: hajóval megkerül Italian: circumnavigare Latin: circumnāvigō Māori: taiāwhio Norwegian: seile rundt Old English: ymblīþan Polish: opływać dookoła Polish: opłynąć dookoła Portuguese: circum-navegar Scottish Gaelic: iom-sheòl Spanish: circunnavegar Spanish: bojar Spanish: bojear Spanish: circumnavegar
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