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noun, feminine

périphérie

/pe.ʁi.fe.ʁi/

noun, feminine/pe.ʁi.fe.ʁi/plural: périphéries

perimeter; outskirts (of a town or city)

Synonyms: faubourgs, banlieue

Learned borrowing from Latin peripherīa, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia).