No. 678 in French
village
A small rural community or settlement.
In a sentence
Le village est entouré par une belle forêt.
The village is surrounded by a beautiful forest.
Here, 'village' is used as a noun to refer to a small human settlement.
Nous visitons souvent ce village ancien pour sa beauté.
We often visit this ancient village for its beauty.
In this sentence, 'village' is used as the direct object of the verb 'visitons', referring to a specific settlement.
Dans ce livre, le village joue un rôle important dans l'intrigue.
In this book, the village plays an important role in the plot.
Here, 'village' symbolizes a central location important to the development of the story's plot.
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