envergure

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ vergue (“yard”) +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ/

Noun

envergure f (plural envergures)

(of an aircraft) wingspan
(figuratively) scale; magnitude
une offensive d’envergure ― a large-scale offensive operation

Descendants

Esperanto: enverguro

Further reading

“envergure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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