Grammatical class
Noun
alentours
(plural only) surroundings, neighbouring areas
Details
Syllables
a-len-tours
Phonetics
a.lɑ̃.tuʁ
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
5549
Freq. (movies)
6512
Freq. (news)
3366
Sentences
Il a regardé aux alentours.
He looked around.
Ils marchèrent aux alentours.
They walked around.
Elle a regardé aux alentours.
She looked around.
Personne n'est aux alentours.
No one's around.
Il pleuvait aux alentours de Chicago.
It was raining around Chicago.
Elle n'a fait que regarder aux alentours.
She did nothing but look around.
Il déambule aux alentours, en transe.
He is wandering around in a trance.
Il vit quelque part aux alentours du parc.
He lives somewhere around the park.
Ne laissez pas las chats errants traîner dans les alentours.
Don't let stray cats hang around nearby.
Il est sobre depuis presque un an mais il a succombé à la tentation aux alentours du nouvel an.
He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.