endroit
French
Etymology
From Middle French endroict, from Old French endroit, endreit, from Latin in directum. Equivalent to en + droit. Compare Occitan endrech, Catalan indret.
Pronunciation
Noun
endroit m (plural endroits)
- place, spot (specified area)
- 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde[1]:
- Vienne organise depuis des semaines le transport de milliers de personnes vers la Bavière le long des quelque 800 kilomètres de frontière, d’autres viennent par leurs propres moyens à travers bois, formant par endroits des files d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants épuisés.
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- Le bar "Figaro" est un bon endroit pour boire.
- The “Figaro” bar is a good spot to drink.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “endroit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Substantivation of the adverb endroit, endreit, from Latin in directum.
Noun
endroit oblique singular, m (oblique plural endroiz or endroitz, nominative singular endroiz or endroitz, nominative plural endroit)
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