No. 803 in French

anderlecht

"Anderlecht" is not a French word; it is the name of a municipality in Belgium.

In a sentence

Je vais à Anderlecht tous les mardis.
I go to Anderlecht every Tuesday.
In this sentence, 'Anderlecht' is used as a proper noun denoting the name of a municipality in Belgium, serving as the destination of the subject's travel.
L'équipe d'Anderlecht a marqué deux buts hier soir.
Anderlecht's team scored two goals last night.
Here, 'Anderlecht' is used as a proper noun referring to a sports team, specifically a football team associated with the municipality of Anderlecht, implying ownership.
En empruntant la ligne de métro vers Anderlecht, vous passerez par plusieurs stations intéressantes.
On taking the metro line towards Anderlecht, you will pass through several interesting stations.
In this example, 'Anderlecht' is referenced as a geographical endpoint or direction in discussions about routes within a metropolitan transit system.

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