placement

English

Etymology

From place +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪsmənt/
• Rhymes: -eɪsmənt

Noun

placement (countable and uncountable, plural placements)

1. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
2. A location or position.

   It seems to me that the placement of that poster could be better.

3. The act of matching a person with a job

   The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.

Derived terms

• job placement
• product placement

Translations

the act of placing or putting in place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放置 (zh) (fàngzhì), 安置 (zh) (ānzhì)

• Finnish: sijoittaminen (fi), sijoitus (fi)
• French: placement (fr) m
• German: Platzierung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: θέσις f (thésis)

• Hebrew: מיקום m (mikúm)
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• Hungarian: helyezés (hu), elhelyezés (hu), besorolás (hu), (knowledge level assessment) szintfelmérés
• Italian: piazzamento (it) m
• Maori: whakatakotoranga, whakanohonga, whakanohoanga
• Portuguese: colocação (pt) f, posicionamento (pt) m
• Russian: размеще́ние (ru) n (razmeščénije)
• Spanish: colocación (es) f, disposición (es) f

a location or position

• Finnish: sijoitus (fi), sijainti (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: θέσις f (thésis)

• Hebrew: מיקום m (mikúm)
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• Hungarian: elhelyezkedés (hu)
• Maori: whakatakotoranga
• Portuguese: posicionamento (pt) m
• Russian: расположе́ние (ru) n (raspoložénije)

the act of matching a person with a job

• Finnish: työhönsijoitus
• German: Stellenvermittlung f
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• Hungarian: állásközvetítés (hu)
• Russian: трудоустро́йство (ru) n (trudoustrójstvo)

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French

Etymology

From placer +‎ -ment.

Noun

placement m (plural placements)

1. placement

See also

• déplacement

Further reading

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