îlot
French → English
(urbanism) City block: a small group of buildings surrounded by streets
On a démoli tout cet îlot de maisons pour construire un nouveau centre commercial.
(English) They demolished this whole city block to build a new shopping mall.
Chaque îlot de ce quartier historique possède son propre jardin intérieur.
(English) Every city block in this historic neighborhood has its own interior garden.
(geography) Islet: a very small island or an isolated pocket of something
Le port naturel est protégé par un alignement de rochers et de petits îlots.
(English) The natural harbor is protected by a row of rocks and small islets.
Notre Europe est l'un de ces îlots de liberté cernés par des régimes autoritaires.
(English) Our Europe is one of those islets of freedom surrounded by authoritarian regimes.
Entry ID: fr:en:îlot · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary