locution

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 References 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin locūtiō (speech), from loqui (speak): confer French locution.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• colloquial
• loquacious
• illocution
• perlocution

[edit] References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

locution f. (plural locutions)

1. expression, phrase, locution

[edit] Derived terms

• locution adverbiale
• locution conjonctive