autour
French, preposition/o.tuʁ/
autour is spelled A-U-T-O-U-R (6 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written French, the 504th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autour is a French preposition meaning “around, about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does autour mean in English?
adverb
- 1
around
preposition
- 1
around, about
noun
- 1
masculinegoshawk
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Aux alentours ; aux environs.
noun: 1. Oiseau de proie de l’ordre des Accipitriformes, famille des Accipitridés, dont certaines espèces sont utilisées en fauconnerie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autour
- autours plural
- au-tour obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autour?
- /o.tuʁ/
- \o.tuʁ\
- [o.tuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autour in French?
autour appears 162 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).