locution

English

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Etymology

From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Confer cognate French locution.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/

Noun

locution (plural locutions)

1. speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

   I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. -Marston.

Derived terms

• circumlocution

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquent
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocutor
• interlocution
• loquacious
• perlocution
• soliloquy

References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• locution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• locution at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• audio (la locution)

  (file)

• IPA: /lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/

Noun

locution f. (plural locutions)

1. expression, phrase, locution

Derived terms

• locution adverbiale
• locution conjonctive