Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

okalający in English:

1. encircling


Our party is known for its policy of encircling membership: you don’t have to be introduced by any of the active members.

2. surrounding


We observed plants surrounding the building.
The surrounding area was very quiet.
The mystery surrounding his death was played up by the media.
I saw them surrounding him.
Most of the burghers’ houses surrounding the Town Hall were built in the 16th century and then they were reconstructed after the Second World War.
A woman's more relaxed and comfortable in her own surroundings.
The group got to the top of the hill and took a moment to admire their surroundings.
For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land.
Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.
Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.
The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.

3. circumflex


People that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off.