locale

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ləʊˈkɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl
• (US) IPA: /loʊˈkæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Noun

locale (plural locales)

1. The place where something happens.

   Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.

2. (computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

Translations

place where something happens

• Dutch: oord (nl) n, plaats (nl) van (nl) gebeuren (nl)

• Finnish: tapahtumapaikka (fi)

language-related settings

• Dutch: taalregio (nl), locale (nl) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔ.kal/, X-SAMPA: /lO.kal/

Adjective

locale

1. feminine form of local

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Italian

Adjective

locale m and f (m and f plural locali)

1. local

Noun

locale m (plural locali)

1. room

Related terms

• località
• localizzare
• localmente
• locare
• locativo
• luogo

Anagrams

• alcole

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Latin

Adjective

locāle

1. nominative neuter singular of locālis
2. accusative neuter singular of locālis
3. vocative neuter singular of locālis