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Signification (Anglais)

A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
(colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
(informal) A townhouse.
A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
(obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
London, especially central London.

ville

cité

village

commune

localité

municipal

urbain

citadin

hameau

town

municipalité

villotte

villette

en ville

agglomération

agglomérations urbaines

rues

pâté de maison

rue

voisinage

quartier

petite ville

ville moyenne

canton

bourg

centre-ville

coeur de la ville

agglomération urbaine

capitale

aldée

bourgade

aire urbaine

zone urbaine

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/taʊn/

From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn (“enclosure, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence”) (compare West Frisian tún, Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Zaun, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun), from Gaulish dūnom (“hill, hillfort”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (compare archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).