environment

environment

English

Etymology

From Middle French environnement, equivalent to environ +‎ -ment. Compare French environnement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪɹə(n)mənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪɚ(n)mənt/, /-mɪnt/, /ənˈ-/

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Noun

environment (plural environments)

1. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
2. The natural world or ecosystem.
   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […];  […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

3. All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
4. A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
5. (computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.

   That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.

6. (programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
7. (computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.

Synonyms

• umbworld
• ecosystem
• surrounding
• domain

Derived terms

• agroenvironment
• antienvironment
• bioenvironment
• built environment
• cyberenvironment
• desktop environment
• ecoenvironment
• environmentability
• environmental
• environment division
• environment-friendly
• environment variable
• geoenvironment
• hydroenvironment
• macroenvironment
• microenvironment
• multienvironment
• nanoenvironment
• palaeoenvironment
• paleoenvironment
• player versus environment
• space environment
• subenvironment
• working environment

 

Related terms

• environ
• environmentalist
• environmentalism

Translations

area around something

Arabic: بِيئَة‎ (ar) f (bīʾa), مُحِيط‎ (ar) m (muḥīṭ) Albanian: mjedis (sq) Azerbaijani: mühit (az), şərait (az) Bashkir: тирә-яҡ (tirä-yaq), әйләнә-тирә (äylänä-tirä), ара (ara) Belarusian: асяро́ддзе n (asjaróddzje) Bikol Central: kapalibutan (bcl) Bulgarian: окръже́ние n (okrǎžénie), среда́ (bg) f (sredá) Catalan: medi (ca) m, ambient (ca) m, entorn (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 環境／环境 (zh) (huánjìng) Czech: prostředí (cs) n, okolí (cs) n Danish: miljø n, omgivelser c pl Dutch: omgeving (nl) c Esperanto: ĉirkaŭaĵo Estonian: keskkond Finnish: ympäristö (fi) French: environnement (fr) m Galician: ambiente (gl) m Georgian: გარემო (garemo), გარემოცვა (garemocva), გარესამყარო (garesamq̇aro) German: Umgebung (de) f, Umwelt (de) f Greek: περιβάλλον (el) n (perivállon) Haitian Creole: anviwònman Hebrew: סְבִיבָה‎ (he) f (s'vivá) Hungarian: környezet (hu), környék (hu) Icelandic: umhverfi (is) n Irish: timpeallacht f Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Kazakh: айнала (ainala), орта (kk) (orta) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hawir (ku) f, hawirdor (ku) f Kyrgyz: чөйрө (ky) (çöyrö) Latvian: vide f Lithuanian: aplinka (lt) f Macedonian: средина f (sredina) Malay: persekitaran Maori: taiao Norwegian: Bokmål: miljø (no) n Persian: محیط‎ (fa) (mohit), پیرامون‎ (fa) Polish: środowisko (pl) n Portuguese: meio (pt) m, ambiente (pt) m, arredores (pt) pl Romanian: mediu (ro) n, ambient (ro) n, mediu ambiant n Russian: среда́ (ru) f (sredá), окружа́ющая среда́ (ru) f (okružájuščaja sredá), окруже́ние (ru) n (okružénije) Sanskrit: अम्बर (sa) n (ambara) Scottish Gaelic: àrainneachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀колина f, окруже́ње n Roman: òkolina (sh) f, okružénje (sh) n Slovak: prostredie n Slovene: okolje (sl) n, okolica f Spanish: ambiente (es), medio (es), entorno (es) Swahili: mazingira (sw) class ma Swedish: miljö (sv) c, natur (sv) c, omgivning (sv) c Tajik: муҳит (muhit) Tatar: мохит (tt) (moxit) Telugu: పర్యావరణం (te) (paryāvaraṇaṁ) Turkish: çevre (tr) Ukrainian: середо́вище (uk) n (seredóvyšče) Uyghur: مۇھىت‎ (muhit) Uzbek: muhit (uz) Vietnamese: môi trường (vi) Yiddish: סבֿיבֿה‎ f (svive)

natural world or ecosystem

Arabic: بِيئَة‎ (ar) f (bīʾa) Albanian: mjedis (sq) Azerbaijani: ətraf mühit Bashkir: тирә-яҡ мөхит (tirä-yaq möxit) Belarusian: навако́льнае асяро́ддзе n (navakólʹnaje asjaróddzje) Bulgarian: око́лна среда́ f (okólna sredá) Burmese: ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် (my) (pat-wan:kyang) Catalan: medi ambient (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 環境, 环境 (waan4 ging2) Mandarin: 環境／环境 (zh) (huánjìng) Min Nan: 環境 (zh-min-nan), 环境 (khôan-kéng) Czech: životní prostředí (cs) n Danish: miljø n Dutch: milieu (nl) n Esperanto: medio (eo) Estonian: keskkond, elukeskkond Finnish: ympäristö (fi) French: environnement (fr) m Galician: medio ambiente (gl) m Georgian: გარემო (garemo) German: Umwelt (de) f Greek: περιβάλλον (el) n (perivállon) Haitian Creole: anviwònman Hebrew: סְבִיבָה‎ (he) f (s'vivá) Hindi: पर्यावरण m (paryāvraṇ), प्राकृतिक पर्यावरण m (prākŕtik paryāvraṇ) Hungarian: környezet (hu) Icelandic: umhverfi (is) n Indonesian: lingkungan (id) Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Kazakh: қоршаған орта (qorşağan orta) Khmer: បរិស្ថាន (km) (bɑɑresthaan), មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន (km) (macchĕəʼthaan), បរិយាការ (paʼreyaakaa) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Lao: ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ (sing wǣt lǭm) Latin: circumiectum n Latvian: dabiska vide f Lithuanian: gamtinė aplinka f Macedonian: животна средина f (životna sredina) Malay: alam sekitar (ms) Malayalam: പരിസ്ഥിതി (ml) (paristhiti) Maori: aotūroa, taiao Persian: پیرامون‎ (fa) (piramun), محیط زیست‎ (mohit-e zist) Polish: ekosystem (pl) m, środowisko (pl) n, środowisko przyrodnicze n Portuguese: meio ambiente (pt) m Romanian: ecosistem (ro) n, mediu ambiant n Russian: окружа́ющая среда́ (ru) f (okružájuščaja sredá), экосисте́ма (ru) f (ekosistéma) Scottish Gaelic: àrainneachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀колина f, екосу́став m, природни околиш m Roman: òkolina (sh) f, ekosústav (sh) m, prirodni okoliš m Slovak: životné prostredie n Slovene: naravno okolje n Spanish: medioambiente (es), medio ambiente (es), naturaleza (es), ecosistema (es) Swedish: miljö (sv) c, ekosystem (sv) n Tajik: муҳити зист (muhiti zist) Thai: สิ่งแวดล้อม (th) (sìng-wɛ̂ɛt-lɔ́ɔm) Turkish: doğal çevre (tr) Ukrainian: навко́лишнє середо́вище (uk) n (navkólyšnje seredóvyšče), довкі́лля n (dovkíllja) Vietnamese: môi trường (vi), môi sinh, môi trường sống

political or social setting, arena or condition

Azerbaijani: mühit (az) Bashkir: мөхит (möxit) Bulgarian: обстано́вка (bg) f (obstanóvka), среда́ (bg) f (sredá) Catalan: ambient (ca) m Czech: prostředí (cs) n Danish: miljø n Dutch: milieu (nl) Finnish: ympäristö (fi) Georgian: გარემო (garemo) German: Umfeld (de) Greek: περιβάλλον (el) n (perivállon) Irish: timpeallacht f Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Polish: środowisko (pl) n Portuguese: ambiente (pt) m Romanian: ambient (ro), mediu (ro) n, climat (ro) n, ambianță (ro) f Russian: среда́ (ru) f (sredá), окруже́ние (ru) n (okružénije), обстано́вка (ru) f (obstanóvka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: окруже́ње n Roman: okružénje (sh) n Spanish: ambiente (es), clima (es) Swedish: miljö (sv) c

software or hardware on a computer

Chinese: Mandarin: 環境／环境 (zh) (huánjìng) Czech: prostředí (cs) n Danish: miljø n Dutch: omgeving (nl) f Finnish: ympäristö (fi) German: Umgebung (de) f Greek: περιβάλλον (el) n (perivállon) Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Persian: اجرالان‎ (fa) Polish: środowisko (pl) n Portuguese: ambiente (pt) m Romanian: mediu (ro) n, sistem de operare n Russian: конфигура́ция (ru) f (konfigurácija), среда́ (ru) f (sredá) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀колина f Roman: òkolina (sh) f Spanish: sistema operativo (es) m, programa (es) m, medio (es) m, entorno (es) m Swedish: miljö (sv) c

References

• environment at OneLook Dictionary Search
• environment in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• environment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• environment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈenvironment]

Noun

environment m (genitive singular environmentu, nominative plural environmenty, genitive plural environmentov, declension pattern of dub)

1. environment

Declension

Declension of environment

	singular	plural
nominative	environment	environmenty
genitive	environmentu	environmentov
dative	environmentu	environmentom
accusative	environment	environmenty
locative	environmente	environmentoch
instrumental	environmentom	environmentmi

Related terms

• environmentálny (adjective)

Further reading

• environment in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk