emplacement

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French emplacement, from en- + placement

Noun

emplacement (plural emplacements)

1. An installation that houses a military weapon.
2. A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
3. (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.

Translations

A place where a thing is located

• Bulgarian: местоположение (bg) n (mestopoloženie)
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• Greek: τοποθεσία (el) f (topothesía)

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French

Etymology

en- +‎ placer +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

emplacement m (plural emplacements)

1. site, location

Further reading

• “emplacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.