zone
French → English
noun//zon//
(location) Area: a specific part of a place or region with a certain feature; region
Cette zone du parc est réservée aux jeux pour enfants.
(English) This area of the park is reserved for children's games.
Les scientifiques étudient la faune de la zone côtière.
(English) Scientists are studying the wildlife of the coastal region.
noun//zon//
(social) Slums: a poor or neglected urban neighborhood, often on the outskirts; ghetto
Ils vécurent dans la misère dans ce qu'on appelait la zone.
(English) They lived in poverty in what was called the slums.
Certains quartiers de la zone sont en cours de rénovation.
(English) Some neighborhoods in the slums are being renovated.
Entry ID: fr:en:zone · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary