No. 12,250 in French
yards
The French word "yards" is not a French word; it is English and refers to a unit of measure or open areas.
In a sentence
Il reste vingt yards avant la ligne d'arrivée.
There are twenty yards left before the finish line.
In this sentence, 'yards' is used as a unit of measurement, reflecting the distance.
Le jardin fait cent yards de large.
The garden is one hundred yards wide.
Here, 'yards' describes the width of the garden, indicating dimension in space.
À trois yards près, il aurait raté sa cible.
He narrowly missed his target by three yards.
In this instance, 'yards' refers to a margin of error or distance in context of aiming or precision.
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