environ
/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/
adverb
A2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
à peu près and environ are close synonyms for "approximately," largely interchangeable.
Similar in other languages
German
schätzungsweise is the German word for the same thing — both mean "approximately, about."
Practice
1 What does environ mean?
about, approximately
2 Fill the gap: Il y a ___ vingt personnes ici.
Full sentence: Il y a environ vingt personnes ici. (There are about twenty people here.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches environ?
environ: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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