banlieue

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French banlieue. === Noun === banlieue (plural banlieues) The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing. ==== See also ==== banlieue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French banlieue, from Medieval Latin banleuca. Compare Middle High German banmile, modern German Bannmeile. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑ̃.ljø/ === Noun === banlieue f (plural banlieues) suburb ==== Descendants ==== → English: banlieue → Turkish: banliyö === Further reading === banlieue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “banlieue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012