locution

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (speech), from loquor (speak). Compare the French cognate locution.

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NounEdit

locution (countable and uncountable, plural locutions)

  1. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
    The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
  2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
    • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
      So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
  3. Style of discourse or usage, or any particular utterance in such style.
    informal locutions
  4. (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (speech), from loqui (speak).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/
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NounEdit

locution f (plural locutions)

  1. phrase, locution
  2. (linguistics) locution (a group of words with the grammatical value of a single word)[1]

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ locution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.