environment

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Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French environnement. Compare French environnement. By surface analysis, environ +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪɹə(n)mənt/, /ɪnˈvajəmənt/, /ənˈ-/, /-mɪnt/
• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪɚ(n)mənt/
• (Indic, spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈenviɾɒnmenʈ/

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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

• domain
• ecosystem
• surrounding
• umbworld

Derived terms

With prefixes

• agroenvironment
• antienvironment
• bioenvironment
• cryoenvironment
• cyberenvironment
• ecoenvironment
• environmetrics
• geoenvironment
• hydroenvironment
• macroenvironment
• microenvironment
• multienvironment
• nanoenvironment
• paleoenvironment, palaeoenvironment
• photoenvironment
• socioenvironment
• subenvironment

With suffixes

• environmentability
• environmental
• environmentology

Compound words and phrases

• built environment
• desktop environment
• environment division
• environment-friendly
• environment mapping
• environment minister
• environment variable
• hostile environment
• player versus environment
• space environment
• work environment
• working environment

Related terms

• environ
• environmentalism
• environmentalist

Translations

area around something

Afrikaans: omgewing (af) Albanian: mjedis (sq) Arabic: بِيئَة (ar) f (bīʔa), مُحِيط (ar) m (muḥīṭ) Armenian: շրջապատ (hy) (šrǰapat), միջավայր (hy) (miǰavayr) Azerbaijani: mühit (az), şərait (az) Bashkir: тирә-яҡ (tirə-yaq), әйләнә-тирә (əylənə-tirə), ара (ara) Belarusian: асяро́ддзе n (asjaróddzje) Bikol Central: palibot (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) Hindi: पर्यावरण m (paryāvraṇ), वातावरण (hi) m (vātāvraṇ) Hungarian: környezet (hu), környék (hu) Icelandic: umhverfi (is) n Indonesian: lingkungan (id) Irish: timpeallacht f Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Kazakh: айнала (ainala), орта (orta) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hawir (ku) f, hawirdor (ku) f Kyrgyz: чөйрө (ky) (cöyrö) Latvian: vide f Lithuanian: aplinka (lt) f Macedonian: средина f (sredina) Malay: persekitaran Maori: taiao Norwegian: Bokmål: miljø (no) n Persian: Iranian Persian: مُحیط (mohit), پیرامون (fa) (pirâmun) 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) Thai: สภาพแวดล้อม Turkish: çevre (tr) Ukrainian: середо́вище (uk) n (seredóvyšče) Urdu: ماحَول m (māhaul) Uyghur: مۇھىت (muhit) Uzbek: muhit (uz) Vietnamese: môi trường (vi) Yiddish: סבֿיבֿה f (svive)

natural world or ecosystem

Afrikaans: omgewing (af) Albanian: mjedis (sq) Arabic: بِيئَة (ar) f (bīʔa) Armenian: շրջակա միջավայր (hy) (šrǰaka miǰavayr) Azerbaijani: ətraf mühit Bashkir: тирә-яҡ мөхит (tirə-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) Hokkien: 環境 / 环境 (zh-min-nan) (khôan-kéng) Mandarin: 環境 / 环境 (zh) (huánjìng) 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), वातावरण (hi) m (vātāvraṇ) 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: Iranian Persian: پیرامون (fa) (pirâmun), مُحیطِ زیسْت (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 (muhit-i zist) Thai: สิ่งแวดล้อม (th) (sìng-wɛ̂ɛt-lɔ́ɔm) Turkish: doğal çevre (tr) Ukrainian: навко́лишнє середо́вище (uk) n (navkólyšnje seredóvyšče), довкі́лля n (dovkíllja) Urdu: ماحَول m (māhaul), قُدْرَتی ماحَول m (qudratī māhaul) Vietnamese: môi trường (vi), môi sinh, môi trường sống

political or social setting, arena or condition

Afrikaans: omgewing (af) Armenian: միջավայր (hy) (miǰavayr) 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) Indonesian: lingkungan (id) Irish: timpeallacht f Italian: ambiente (it) m Japanese: 環境 (ja) (かんきょう, kankyō) Korean: 환경(環境) (ko) (hwan'gyeong) Persian: Iranian Persian: مُحیط (mohit) 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

Afrikaans: omgewing (af) 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: Iranian Persian: اِجْرالان (ejrâlân) 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• environment in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “environment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “environment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈenvirɔnment]

Noun

environment m inan (declension pattern of dub)

1. environment

   Synonym: prostredie

Declension

Declension of environment
(pattern dub)

	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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025