locker
English edit
Etymology edit
From lock (lock + -er) from Old English loc (“fastening, enclosure”), from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.kɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɔk.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Noun edit
locker (plural lockers)
- A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
- The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
- A lockable cubicle.
- She was afraid to come out of the locker.
- A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
- (rare) One who locks something.
- The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
- (automotive) A locking differential.
- (historical) A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
- 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:
- The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […]
- (Louisiana) A closet.
Synonyms edit
- (storage compartment): footlocker
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “locker”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “locker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “locker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “locker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
locker m (plural lockers, diminutive lockertje n)
German edit
Etymology edit
From an adjectival form of Middle High German lücke / lugge, with further origin uncertain; perhaps related to Lücke and Loch.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
locker (strong nominative masculine singular lockerer, comparative lockerer, superlative am lockersten)
- loose
- relaxed
- Synonym: entspannt
- Antonym: verkrampft
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist locker | sie ist locker | es ist locker | sie sind locker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | lockerer | lockere | lockeres | lockere |
genitive | lockeren | lockerer | lockeren | lockerer | |
dative | lockerem | lockerer | lockerem | lockeren | |
accusative | lockeren | lockere | lockeres | lockere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der lockere | die lockere | das lockere | die lockeren |
genitive | des lockeren | der lockeren | des lockeren | der lockeren | |
dative | dem lockeren | der lockeren | dem lockeren | den lockeren | |
accusative | den lockeren | die lockere | das lockere | die lockeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein lockerer | eine lockere | ein lockeres | (keine) lockeren |
genitive | eines lockeren | einer lockeren | eines lockeren | (keiner) lockeren | |
dative | einem lockeren | einer lockeren | einem lockeren | (keinen) lockeren | |
accusative | einen lockeren | eine lockere | ein lockeres | (keine) lockeren |
Adverb edit
locker
- loosely
- relaxedly, casually
- (with an estimate) easily (expressing confidence in the value)
- Es waren locker hundert Leute auf der Party.
- There were easily a hundred people at the party.
Verb edit
locker
- inflection of lockern:
Further reading edit
- “locker” in Duden online
- “locker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “locker”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English locker.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
locker m (plural lockeres)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.