Argenteuil

American  

[ar-zhahn-tœ-y^uh] / ar ʒɑ̃ˈtœ yə /

noun

1. a city in N France, on the Seine near Paris.

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Argenteuil British  

/ arʒɑ̃tœj /

noun

1. a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 93 961 (1999)

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Example Sentences

The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil, painted in 1872, will be displayed at venues including the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.

From BBC

From a distance, the rows and rows of abundant blooms are so vividly hued that they look color-corrected to within an inch of their lives; squint and “The Rose Maker” becomes a poppy field worth of Monet in Argenteuil.

From Washington Post

ARGENTEUIL, France — Fayçal Ziraoui loves a good challenge.

From New York Times

“I’ve never set limits on what I can learn,” Mr. Ziraoui, a 38-year-old French-Moroccan business consultant, said in an interview at his home in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil.

From New York Times

They said the teenagers, a boy and a girl, both aged 15, had met the 14-year-old girl, whom they knew, in Argenteuil, west of Paris.

From Reuters