district
See also: District
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
district (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]:
- ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
- the Soho district of London
- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived termsEdit
- business district
- central business district
- congressional district
- district attorney
- district cooling
- district heating
- district nurse
- districthood
- electoral district
- federal district
- Lake District
- on the district
- Peak District
- red-light district
- rural sanitary district
- sanitary district
- school district
- urban district
- urban sanitary district
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
administrative division
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area or region
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VerbEdit
district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to divide into districts
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AdjectiveEdit
district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
- 1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
- punishing with the rod of district severity
Further readingEdit
- district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- district at OneLook Dictionary Search
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: distrik
- Negerhollands: distrikt
- → Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
- → Indonesian: distrik
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
district m (plural districts)
Further readingEdit
- “district”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
NounEdit
district m (plural districts)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
district n (plural districte)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of district
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) district | districtul | (niște) districte | districtele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) district | districtului | (unor) districte | districtelor |
| vocative | districtule | districtelor | ||