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environ

/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/

adverb/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/

about, close to, around

un salaire annuel d'environ 7 millions d'eurosan annual salary of around 7 million euros

Inherited from Old French environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”), whence also French virer.

noun, masculine/ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/plural: environs

a surrounding area

Related: aux environs de

Inherited from Old French environ (“around”), from en (“in”) + viron (“a turn”), from virer (“to turn, veer”), whence also French virer.