locution

locution
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adjectival phrase, antonym, articulation, choice of words, clause, composition, construction, dialect, diction, expression, formulation, free form, grammar, headed group, homograph, homonym, homophone, idiom, idiotism, language, langue, lexeme, lingo, lingua, linguistic act, linguistic form, logos, manner of speaking, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, noun phrase, paragraph, parlance, parol, parole, peculiar expression, period, personal usage, phonation, phrasal idiom, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, polysyllable, rhetoric, sentence, sequence of phonemes, set phrase, speaking, speech, speech act, standard phrase, string, syllable, synonym, syntactic structure, talk, term, the spoken word, tongue, turn of expression, turn of phrase, usage, use of words, usus loquendi, utterance, utterance string, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verbiage, verbum, vocable, voice, way of speaking, word, word of mouth, word-group, wordage, wording

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  • locution — [ lɔkysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe « paroles »; lat. locutio, de loqui « parler » 1 ♦ (1487) Vx Manière de s exprimer, de parler (⇒ élocution). 2 ♦ (1680) Mod. Groupe de mots (syntagme ou phrase) fixé par la tradition, dont le sens …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Locution — Lo*cu tion (l[ o]*k[=u] sh[u^]n), n. [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. Stumbling locutions. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] I hate these figures in locution, These about… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • locution — LOCUTION. s. f Phrase, façon de parler. Cette locution n est pas bonne, est mauvaise. une locution basse …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Locution — (v. lat.), Rede , Ausdrucksweise; Locutorium, Sprachzimmer in den Klöstern; L. forinsĕcus, Sprachzimmer für Fremde u. auswärtige Religiosen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Locution — Locution, lat. deutsch, Rede , Ausdrucksweise …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • locution — index expression (comment), parlance, phraseology, speech, term (expression) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • locution — style of speech, early 15c., from L. locutionem (nom. locutio) a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking, noun of action from pp. stem of loqui to speak, from PIE root *tolk(w) (Cf. O.Ir. ad tluch to thank, to tluch to ask; O.C.S. tloko… …   Etymology dictionary

  • locution — *phrase, idiom, expression …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • locution — [n] phrasing accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inflection, language, phraseology; concept 77 …   New thesaurus

  • locution — Locution, Locutio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • locution — ► NOUN 1) a word or phrase. 2) a person s particular style of speech. DERIVATIVES locutionary adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from loqui speak …   English terms dictionary

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