locution
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Confer cognate French locution.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/
Noun [edit]
locution (plural locutions)
- 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 locution.
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- loquacious
- perlocution
- soliloquy
References [edit]
- 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
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
locution f (plural locutions)
