B2noun
la banlieue
suburbs, outskirts
A feminine noun — la in the singular, les in the plural.
« Elle habite en banlieue et prend le train tous les matins. »
“She lives in the suburbs and takes the train every morning.”
In other languages
- Spanish afueras, periferia
- Portuguese subúrbio, periferia
- Arabic الضاحية
- German Vorort, Vorstadt
- Italian periferia
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