envergure

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ vergue (“yard”) +‎ -ure.

Noun

envergure f (plural envergures)

(of an aircraft) wingspan
(figuratively) scale; magnitude
une offensive d'envergure — a large scale offensive operation

Further reading

“envergure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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