French Conversation · Level 69
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French word
agglomération
Pronunciation
IPA/aglomeʁasjɔ̃/
Meaning
- feminine nounurban area
Example
L'agglomération a beaucoup de magasins.
The urban area has many shops.
More examples
Les transports en commun sont plus nombreux dans l'agglomération.
Public transportation is more plentiful in the urban area.
Core concept
A continuous built-up urban area and its residents, functioning as one connected place.
Common phrases
dans l'agglomération
in the urban area
au centre de l'agglomération
in the center of the urban area
à la périphérie de l'agglomération
on the outskirts of the urban area
Similar words
ville: A town or city that serves as a population center with important facilities and services.
quartier: A relatively small district within a city where residents and shops are concentrated.
banlieue: A residential or commercial area on a city's outskirts, usually some distance from its center.
commune: The basic local government unit, such as a municipality, town, or city.
Definition in French
Terme désignant une aire urbaine composée de constructions continues et de la population qui y habite, souvent employé dans un sens statistique ou administratif.
Word origin
French agglomération comes from Latin agglomeratio, derived from agglomerare, meaning to heap together, from glomus, a ball or cluster.
Usage tips
- Agglomération is a feminine noun, so the definite article is l'agglomération and the indefinite article is une agglomération.
Other meanings
- metropolitan areanoun
Opposites
- campagnecountrysidenoun
Related words
- aggloméreragglomerateverb
- aggloméréagglomeratedadjective