different between environs vs suburban

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French environs.

Noun

environs pl (plural only)

1. plural of environ; The surroundings; the environment.

Verb

environs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of environ

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi.???/

Noun

environs m pl (plural only)

1. neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)

Further reading

• “environs” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• enivrons

English

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??b??(?)b?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?n

Adjective

suburban (comparative more suburban, superlative most suburban)

1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city.
   • 1779, William Cowper, Retirement

     Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, […] delight the citizen.

Antonyms

• nonsuburban

Translations

Noun

suburban (plural suburbans)

1. A person who lives in a suburb.
2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Related terms

• suburb
• periphery
• environs

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.bur?ban/

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su.bur?ban/

Adjective

suburban m or n (feminine singular suburban?, masculine plural suburbani, feminine and neuter plural suburbane)

1. suburban

Related terms

• suburbie