This is the 9139th most frequent French word.
confins
"Confins" means "limits, borders, or outskirts" in English.
Here, 'confins' refers to the edges or limits of a geographical area, indicating the borderline where the city ends.
Aux confins de la ville, on trouve un ancien château.
At the outskirts of the city, there is an old castle.
In this sentence, 'confins' is used metaphorically to describe the limits or the farthest reaches of the imagination.
Les confins de son imagination semblent sans limites.
The bounds of her imagination seem endless.
Here, 'confins' expresses the extreme limits of a defined concept, namely the 'known universe', emphasizing exploration to its utmost edge.