Around - Autour (The 594th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Around is Autour. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes, location & place, numbers & quantity. It is the 594th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as noun, adverb. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. 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: around

French: autour

Examples


Look around you.	Regarde autour de toi.
All around is silence.	Tout autour, c'est le silence.
If you look around, you'll see many people doing the same thing.	Si vous regardez autour, vous verrez beaucoup de gens faire la même chose.
He wandered around the lake.	Il a erré autour du lac.
They want to build a fence around their home.	Ils veulent bâtir une clôture autour de leur maison.
I was bored, so I wandered around town.	J'avais un peu de temps de libre, alors j'ai flâné autour de la ville.
With so many people around he naturally became a bit nervous.	Avec autant de personnes autour de lui, il devint naturellement un peu nerveux.
They're sunbathing around the pool.	Elles bronzent autour de la piscine.

There was a thick fog around.	Il y avait une épaisse brume tout autour.
Don't beat around the bush.	Ne tourne pas autour du pot.
The yacht sailed around a buoy.	Le yacht a navigué autour d'une bouée.
This vine winds around trees.	Cette vigne grimpe autour des arbres.
A crowd soon gathered around him.	Bientôt une foule se rassembla autour de lui.
A crowd gathered around.	Une foule s'est assemblée autour.
Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.	Aujourd'hui, nos satellites artificiels tournent autour de la Terre.
We sat around the fire in a circle.	Nous nous sommes assis en cercle autour du feu.
He looked quite happy in contrast with those around him.	Il semblait heureux comparé à ceux autour de lui.
A crowd was gathering around him.	Une foule commençait à se former autour de lui.
He turned around.	Il tourna autour.
He made a journey around the world.	Il fit un voyage autour du monde.
We played around the farm.	Nous avons joué autour de la ferme.