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/ˈləʊkəl/LOH-kuhl
/ˈloʊkəl/LOH-kuhl

Meaningof a place

Common meaning: belonging to a nearby area

Journey through time

  1. Latinlocus‘a place, spot’
  2. Frenchlocal
  3. Englishlocal‘belonging to a nearby area’ · today

loc also in: locatelocationlocomotiveallocatedislocate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin locus ‘a place, spot’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry locus, p. 1074 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • locus Latin “a place, spot”

Related words

allocatecollocatedislocatelocatelocationlocomotive

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