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locution - translation to french
locution
n. locution, phrase, idiom
Definition
locution
[l?'kju:?(?)n]
¦ noun
1. a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom.
a person's style of speech.
2. an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context.
Derivatives
locutionary adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., or from L. locutio(n-), from loqui 'speak'.
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Locution
* En linguistique, une locution est une unité fonctionnelle du langage
Examples of use of locution
1. Une locution qui suscite au mieux un sourire condescendant.
2. Il vient d‘une combinaison, repérée dès 1600, des termes latins signifiant seul et parler («loqui», qui a donné locution et ses dérivés). Ces jours étant dédiés aux spectacles, la grande affaire de l‘été, le correspondant du Temps qui a couvert le festival d‘Avignon – et ses polémiques – a entendu régulièrement des soliloques sur les scènes de la Cité des papes.