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location
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”).Morphologically locate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
location (plural locations)
- A particular point or place in physical space.
- An act of locating.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.
- 1886 November 12, Joseph Church Helm, opinion, Pelican & Dives Min. Co. v. Snodgrass, reprinted in, 1887, Pacific Reporter, volume 12, page 207 [1]:
- (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- It is the sounds of apartheid, of the townships, the locations […]
- 2011, Dennis Brutus, Bernth Lindfors, The Dennis Brutus Tapes: Essays at Autobiography (page 188)
- (law) A leasing on rent.
- (law, Scotland) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
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- (law, US) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
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Synonyms
- (a place): place
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- location in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- location in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- location at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- colation, coontail
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin locatio(nem), from locatum, from locare (“to rent, hire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ka.sj??/
Noun
location f (plural locations)
- renting, rental
- rent
- rented accommodation
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- The article suggests that I ‘abused favourable prices in the City of Paris’ with regard to the intermediary housing of which I was a tenant. I wish to clarify that this accommodation had been allocated under normal, regular conditions in 2001, six years before I was elected Deputy.
- L'article indique que j'ai « abusé des prix avantageux de la Ville de Paris » en référence au logement intermédiaire dont j'étais locataire. Je tiens à préciser que cette location avait été attribuée dans des conditions normales et régulières en 2001, six ans avant que je sois élue députée.
- 2012, Delphine Batho, Le Monde:
- hire (of a car etc.)
- booking, reservation
Related terms
- loyer
- lieu
- louer
See also
- établissement
Usage notes
- This false friend does not mean location.
Further reading
- “location” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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local
English
Etymology
From Middle English local, from Late Latin loc?lis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??kl?/
- (General American) enPR: l?k??l, IPA(key): /?lo?kl?/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Adjective
local (comparative more local, superlative most local)
- From or in a nearby location.
- Holonyms: statal, national, federal, unional, supranational, global
- (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- Antonym: global
- (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- Synonym: topical
- Descended from an indigenous population.
Translations
Noun
local (plural locals)
- A person who lives near a given place.
- A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
- I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
- (rail transport, chiefly US) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.
- Synonym: stopper
- Antonyms: fast, express
- (Britain) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
- (programming) A locally scoped identifier.
- Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.
- 2012, Cesar Otero, ?Rob Larsen, Professional JQuery (page 25)
- Globals are visible anywhere in your application, whereas locals are visible only in the function in which they're declared.
- (US, slang, journalism) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
- (colloquial, medicine) Clipping of local anesthetic.
- (finance) An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
- 2009, R. Stafford Johnson, Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management (page 316)
- On most futures exchanges, there are two major types of futures traders/members: commission brokers and locals.
- 2009, R. Stafford Johnson, Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management (page 316)
Translations
Adverb
local (comparative more local, superlative most local)
- In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
- It's never been more important to buy local.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- local in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- local in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- local at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- colla
Asturian
Adjective
local (epicene, plural locales)
- Alternative form of llocal
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin loc?lis, from Latin locus, attested from 1803.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /lo?kal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /lu?kal/
Adjective
local (masculine and feminine plural locals)
- local
Derived terms
- localitzar
- localment
Related terms
- lloc
- localitat
Noun
local m (plural locals)
- property, premises; business, storefront
References
Further reading
- “local” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “local” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “local” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin loc?lis, from Latin locus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.kal/
Adjective
local (feminine singular locale, masculine plural locaux, feminine plural locales)
- local
Antonyms
- global
Derived terms
- anesthésie locale
- classe locale
- localité
- localisation
Related terms
- lieu
- location
Noun
local m (plural locaux)
- room
Descendants
- ? Danish: lokale
Further reading
- “local” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- colla
Ladin
Pronunciation
Adjective
local m (feminine singular locala, masculine plural locai, feminine plural locales)
- local
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?kal/
Adjective
local
- local
Noun
local m
- room
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin loc?lis, from Latin locus. Cognate with the inherited lugar.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lu.?ka?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lo.?kaw/
- Hyphenation: lo?cal
Adjective
local m or f (plural locais, comparable)
- local
Noun
local m (plural locais)
- premises, rooms
- site
- place, location
Synonyms
- (place, site): lugar, sítio
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French local, Late Latin localis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo?kal/
Adjective
local m or n (feminine singular local?, masculine plural locali, feminine and neuter plural locale)
- local
Declension
Related terms
- localitate
- loc
- loca?ie
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin loc?lis, from Latin locus. Compare the inherited doublet lugar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo?kal/, [lo?kal]
- Hyphenation: lo?cal
Adjective
local (plural locales)
- local
Derived terms
- Grupo Local
- Policía Local
Noun
local m (plural locales)
- premises, rooms
- (Mexico) store or other retail unit in a shopping center
Derived terms
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