envergure
French, noun/ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ/
envergure is spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envergure is a French feminine noun meaning “wingspan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État d’une voile enverguée”.
What does envergure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewingspan
- 2
femininescale; magnitude
une offensive d'envergure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État d’une voile enverguée. 2. Il se dit aussi de la longueur des vergues d’un bâtiment. 3. On désigne, dans un sens analogue, la largeur dans le haut. 4. Étendue qu’il y a entre les deux extrémités des ailes déployées d’un volatile.
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 envergure
- envergures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envergure?
- /ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ/
- \ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to envergure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is envergure in French?
envergure appears 7.6 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).