environs
French, noun/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
environs is spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-S (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written French, the 4,050th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Environs is a French masculine noun meaning “neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Les alentours d’un lieu, ce qu’il y a autour”.
What does environs mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Les alentours d’un lieu, ce qu’il y a autour.
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.
How do you pronounce environs?
- /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
- \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\
- [ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to environs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is environs in French?
environs appears 19 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).