envergure
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From en- + vergue (“yard”) + -ure.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
envergure f (plural envergures)
- (of an aircraft) wingspan
- (figuratively) scale; magnitude
- une offensive d’envergure ― a large-scale offensive operation
Descendants[edit]
- Esperanto: enverguro
Further reading[edit]
- “envergure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.