About, thereabouts, or so - Environ (The 678th Most Common French Word)

The translation for About, thereabouts, or so in French is Environ. This word often comes up when talking about location & place, numbers & quantity. It can be used as noun, adverb, preposition. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 678th most commonly used word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: about, thereabouts, or so

French: environ

Examples


In about two weeks.	Dans environ deux semaines.
He made me wait for about half an hour.	Il m'a fait attendre environ une demi-heure.
She has been going out with him for about two years.	Elle sort avec lui depuis environ deux ans.
He will arrive there about five o'clock.	Il arrivera là-bas à 5 heures environ.
The letter will arrive in a week or so.	La lettre arrivera dans environ une semaine.
It is about ten minutes' walk to the station.	Il faut environ dix minutes de marche pour se rendre à la gare.
The station is about three miles from here.	La gare est à environ trois miles d'ici.
There are about a thousand students in all.	Il y a environ un millier d'étudiants en tout.

Yeah, I asked about six times.	Ouais, j'ai demandé environ six fois.
We played games for about an hour and a half.	Nous avons joué à des jeux pendant environ une heure et demie.
Is it about ten million yen	Ça ferait environ 10 millions de yens
I weigh about 60 kilos.	Je pèse environ 60 kilos.
I usually got to bed about eleven.	Je vais d'habitude au lit vers onze heures environ.
I walked about a mile.	J'ai marché environ 1 mile.
Is it about ten o'clock	Est-il environ dix heures
He is about thirty.	Il a environ trente ans.
He must be about forty.	Il doit avoir environ 40 ans.
He is about my age.	Il a environ mon âge.
He is about your age.	Il a environ votre âge.
She must be forty or so.	Elle doit avoir la quarantaine environ.
I've lost about 80 cents.	J'ai perdu environ 80 cents.