environment

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪɚnmənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪɚmənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvaɪɹəmənt/, /ɪnˈvaɪɹənmənt/, /ɪnˈvajəmənt/, /ənˈ-/, /-mɪnt/

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Noun

environment (plural environments)

1. The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
   • 1998 September 19, Jonathan Rauch, “Tunnel Vision: The Dawn of Microgovernment”, in National Journal‎, archived from the original on 6 March 2012:

     What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior.

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 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
• photoenvironment
• socioenvironment
• subenvironment

With suffixes

• environmentability
• environmental
• environmentology

Compound words and phrases

• built environment
• desktop environment
• environmental storytelling
• environment division
• environment-friendly
• environment mapping
• 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) Welsh: amgylchedd (cy) m 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) (paʼrəhthaan), 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