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locution

N สำนวน  สำนวนโวหาร  sam-nuan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOCUTION

Lo *cu "tion, n. Etym: [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F.locution. ]

 

Defn: Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. " Stumbling locutions." G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. Marston.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

locution

lo cu tion |lōˈkyo͞oSHən ləˈkjuʃən | noun 1 a word or phrase, esp. with regard to style or idiom. a person's style of speech: his impeccable locution. 2 an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context. Compare with illocution, perlocution. language regarded in terms of locutionary rather than illocutionary or perlocutionary acts. DERIVATIVES lo cu tion ar y |-ˌnerē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio (n- ), from loqui speak.

 

Oxford Dictionary

locution

locution |ləˈkjuːʃ (ə )n | noun 1 a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom. [ mass noun ] a person's style of speech: his impeccable locution. 2 an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context. Compare with illocution, perlocution. DERIVATIVES locutionary adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio (n- ), from loqui speak .

 

French Dictionary

locution

locution n. f. nom féminin Groupe de mots ayant une fonction grammaticale particulière.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

locution

lo cu tion (!/loʊkjúːʃ (ə )n /) 名詞 U C かたく (ある地域などに特有な )話し方, 言葉遣い, 言い回し ; 慣用語法 .