Grammatical class

Adverb

approximativement

roughly, approximately

Details

Syllables

ap-proxi-ma-ti-ve-ment

Phonetics

a.pʁɔk.si.ma.ti.və.mɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

17881

Freq. (movies)

13171

Freq. (news)

25224

Sentences

Elle est approximativement de la même taille que toi.

She's about the same height as you.

A1

Le dictionnaire contient approximativement 2 millions de mots.

There are approximately 2 million words in the dictionary.

A1

Il est préférable d'avoir approximativement raison que complètement tort.

It's better to be approximately right than completely wrong.

A1

Le pont fait approximativement un mile de long.

The bridge is approximately a mile long.

B1

Il reste approximativement neuf cents esquisses de Léonard de Vinci.

There remain approximately 900 art sketches by Leonardo da Vinci.

B1

Les chiffres indiquent qu'approximativement deux tiers des étudiants en première année sont indifférents au sujet de la politique.

The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.

B1