environ

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environ

  • \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\
  • [ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃] France

Sounds like envieront, environs

Where it comes from

Composé de en et de viron (« rond, tour, cercle ») en ancien français.

preposition

  1. dated, literary À peu près à. Environ le même temps il arriva un grand trouble dans la Judée, et un horrible scandale à Rome durant les sacrifices d’Isis.

Thesaurus

In English

  • about nearly, approximately
  • some approximately, roughly
  • -ish appended to numbers
  • circa approximately, about, around
  • approximately imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

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MLA

"environ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/environ. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

environ. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/environ

Chicago

"environ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/environ.

BibTeX
@misc{environ_2026,
  title = {environ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/environ},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}