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Round often appears after verbs in English (change round, gather round, pass round). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, gather, pass). For go round, get round see the entries go, get.
A adv
1 GB (on all sides) all round lit tout autour ; whisky all round! du whisky pour tout le monde! ; there were smiles all round tout le monde souriait ; to go all the way round [fence, wall, moat] faire tout le tour ;
2 GB (in circular movement) to go round and round [wheel, carousel] tourner (en rond) ; [person] fig tourner en rond ; lit aller et venir ; the tune was going round and round in my head j'avais cet air dans la tête ;
3 GB (to specific place, home) to be ou go round to passer à [office, school] ; to ask sb (to come) round dire à qn de passer ; she's coming round today elle passe aujourd'hui ; to invite sb round for lunch inviter qn à déjeuner (chez soi) ; I'm just going round to Sandra's je pars chez Sandra ; I'll be round in a minute j'arrive (dans un instant) ;
4 GB (in circumference) three metres round [tree trunk] de trois mètres de circonférence ;
5 GB (as part of cycle) all year round toute l'année ; this time round cette fois-ci ; as summer comes round à l'approche de l'été ; my birthday will soon be round again c'est bientôt mon anniversaire.
B prep GB
1 (expressing location) autour de [table, garden etc] ; let's sit round the table asseyons-nous autour de la table ; to sit round the fire s'asseoir au coin du feu ; the wall goes right round the house le mur fait le tour de la maison ; he had a scarf round his neck il avait une écharpe autour du cou ; what do you measure round the waist? combien fais-tu de tour de taille? ;
2 (expressing direction) to go round the corner tourner au coin de la rue ; to go round a bend (in road) prendre un virage ; the baker's is just round the corner la boulangerie est tout près ; to go round a roundabout prendre un rond-point ; to go round an obstacle contourner un obstacle ;
3 (on tour, visit) shall I take you round the house? voulez-vous visiter la maison? ; her sister took us round Oxford sa sœur nous a fait visiter Oxford ; to go round the shops faire les magasins.
C round about adv phr
1 (approximately) à peu près, environ ; round about 50 people/9 am à peu près or environ 50 personnes/9 h ; it happened round about here ça s'est passé par ici ;
2 (vicinity) the people/streets round about les gens/rues des environs ; ⇒ roundabout.
D n
1 (set, series) série f (of de) ; the social round les réceptions fpl mondaines ; the daily round of activities le train-train quotidien ; ⇒ payround, wage round ;
2 (in competition) rencontre f ; qualifying round (in football, rugby, tennis) match m de qualification ;
3 (game of golf, cards) partie f (of de) ; (in boxing, wrestling) round m ;
4 Equit (in event) parcours m ; a clear round un parcours sans faute ;
5 Pol (in election) tour m ;
6 (of drinks) tournée f (of de) ; it's my round! c'est ma tournée! ; to pay for a round offrir une tournée ;
7 Mil (unit of ammunition) balle f ; round of ammunition cartouche f ; to fire round after round tirer balle sur balle ; ⇒ baton round ;
8 Mil (shot fired) salve f ; rounds of machine-gun fire des salves de mitraillette ;
9 (burst) round of applause salve f d'applaudissements ; to get a round of applause être applaudi ; let's have a round of applause for David! on applaudit bien fort David! ;
10 Culin (of bread) a round of toast un toast, une tranche de pain grillé ; a round of ham sandwiches des sandwichs mpl pain de mie au jambon ;
11 (regular route) tournée f ; ⇒ milk round, paper round ;
12 (circular shape) rondelle f (of de) ;
13 Mus (canon) canon m ;
14 Theat theatre in the round théâtre m en rond ;
15 Art in the round [sculpture] en ronde-bosse ;
16 Dance ronde f ;
17 (of cheese) roue f ;
18 Culin round of beef rond m.
E rounds npl to do one's rounds [doctor] visiter ses malades ; [postman, refuse collector] faire sa tournée ; [security guard] faire sa ronde ; to be out on one's rounds [doctor] être en visite ; to do ou go ou make the rounds [rumour, joke, document, flu] circuler ; to go the rounds of [story] faire le tour de [village, office] ; [garment, book] faire le tour de [relations, family] ; to do the rounds of faire le tour de [employment agencies, relations].
F adj
1 (circular) [object, building, glasses, face, head] rond ; her eyes grew round elle a ouvert des yeux ronds ;
2 (rounded, curved) [arch] arrondi ; [handwriting] rond ; [cheeks, breasts] rond ; to have round shoulders avoir le dos voûté ;
3 (spherical) rond ;
4 (complete) [figure] rond ; in round figures en chiffres ronds ; in round figures, that's £100 ça fait 100 livres sterling en arrondissant ; a round dozen une douzaine exactement ; a nice round sum une somme appréciable or rondelette .
G round+ (dans composés) round-cheeked/-eyed aux joues rondes/aux yeux ronds ; round-faced au visage rond ; ⇒ round-shouldered.
H vtr
1 gen, Naut (go round) contourner [point, headland] ; to round the corner tourner au coin ; to round a bend prendre un virage ;
2 (make round) arrondir [lips] ;
3 Phon arrondir [vowels].
Phrasal verbs
round down :
round [sth] down, round down [sth] arrondir [qch] au chiffre inférieur [figures].
round off :
round off [sth], round [sth] off
1 (finish off) finir [meal, evening, visit, season] (with par) ; conclure [speech] ; parfaire [education, process] ;
2 (make smooth) arrondir [corner, edge] ;
3 (change) arrondir [figure, number].
round on GB :
round on [sb] attaquer violemment [critic, opponent] ; suddenly she rounded on me tout d'un coup elle m'est tombée dessus .
round out :
round [sth] out, round out [sth] compléter [list, numbers, range].
round up :
round up [sb], round [sb] up regrouper [protesters, inhabitants] ; ramasser [thieves, prostitutes, suspects] ; to be rounded up être pris dans une rafle ;
round up [sth], round [sth] up
1 rassembler [livestock] ;
2 arrondir [qch] au chiffre supérieur [figure].

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