lieu-dit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lieu-dit (literally “said location”).

Noun

lieu-dit (plural lieux-dits)

1. In France, the smallest piece of land which has a traditional vineyard name assigned to it.

French

Alternative forms

• lieudit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljø.di/

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Noun

lieu-dit m (plural lieux-dits)

1. (geography, toponymy) the smallest geographical area bearing a traditional name

   Synonym: (in some contexts) hameau

   • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “La Ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part”, in Fernande:

     C’est vrai qu’ils sont plaisants, tous ces petits villages / Tous ces bourgs, ces hameaux, ces lieux-dits, ces cités

     It's true that they are pleasant, all these little villages / All these market towns, these hamlets, these localities, these cities

2. (wine) lieu-dit (smallest piece of land which has a traditional vineyard name)

Further reading

• “lieu-dit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• lieu-dit on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr