environ

Signification

Adv

about, close to, around

Noun

a surrounding area

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old French environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”), whence also French virer.

Phrases

Lorsqu’il commence son journal , le sire de Gouberville a environ trente ans .

When he began his diary, the Lord of Gouberville was about thirty years old.

Le site englobe deux secteurs séparés de environ .

The site encompasses two areas separated by approximately.

Elle se rencontre à environ d'altitude sur le Bukit Bendera.

It is found at about altitude on the Bukit Bendera.

Le ou les foils installés entre les coques portent environ le tiers du déplacement .

The foil (s) installed between the shells carry about a third of the displacement.

Le cimetière abrite environ six mille sépultures où reposent environ vingt-trois mille défunts .

The cemetery houses about six thousand burials where about twenty-three thousand deceased rest.