round

round
1. adjective
1) (shaped like a circle or globe: a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round.) rond
2) (rather fat; plump: a round face.) rond
2. adverb
1) (in the opposite direction: He turned round.) demi-tour
2) (in a circle: They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round.) en rond; au complet
3) (from one person to another: They passed the letter round; The news went round.) à la ronde
4) (from place to place: We drove round for a while.) ici et là
5) (in circumference: The tree measured two metres round.) de circonférence
6) (to a particular place, usually a person's home: Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?) chez
3. preposition
1) (on all sides of: There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room.) autour de
2) (passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place): They ran round the tree.) autour de
3) (changing direction at: He came round the corner.) tourner
4) (in or to all parts of: The news spread all round the town.) dans tout
4. noun
1) (a complete circuit: a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf.) tournée; partie
2) (a regular journey one takes to do one's work: a postman's round.) tournée
3) (a burst of cheering, shooting etc: They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds.) salve
4) (a single bullet, shell etc: five hundred rounds of ammunition.) balle, obus
5) (a stage in a competition etc: The winners of the first round will go through to the next.) manche
6) (a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession.) canon
5. verb
(to go round: The car rounded the corner.) tourner
- roundly - roundness - rounds - all-round - all-rounder - roundabout 6. adjective
(not direct: a roundabout route.) détourné
- round-shouldered - round trip - all round - round about - round off - round on - round up

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