ampleur
French edit
Etymology edit
From ample.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ampleur f (plural ampleurs)
- scale, size, extent, scope (of problem, project, deficit etc.)
- 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde[1]:
- La haine en ligne est un fléau d’une immense ampleur.
- Hate online is an scourge of immense scope.
- volume (of sound)
- (of clothing etc.) fullness
- opulence, liberalness (of style etc.)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ampleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.