purlieu

Significat (Anglès)

1. (historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
2. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood; milieu.

Conceptes

veí

proximitat

Sinònims

environs

neighborhood

neighbourhood

surroundings

vicinity

haunt

neighbourhoods

neighbourliness

outskirts

parts

periphery

place

proximity

suburbs

surrounding area

adjacency

environment

area

bound

confines

fringe

hangout

Traduccions

civar

etraf

جار

Nahbereich

Nähe

nahe Umgebung

Umgebung

Örtlichkeit

Umkreis

Fundstelle

Fundpunkt

περίχωρα

γειτνίαση

γειτονιά

Fundort

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɜːljuː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: purlewe

In summary

From Middle English purlewe (“piece of land on the edge of a forest”), modification under the influence of Old French lieu (“place”) of porale, purale (“royal perambulation”), from Old French porale, from poraler (“to traverse”), from por- (“forth”) (from Latin prō- + aler, aller (“to go”).