locution

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
2. (countable, uncountable) The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
3. (countable, uncountable) Style of discourse or usage, or any particular utterance in such style.
4. (countable, uncountable) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Synonyms

expression

phrase

idiom

saying

deliverance

dialect

diction

elocution

enunciation

figure of speech

idioms

maxim

oratory

philology

phrases

proverb

register

terms

utterance

verbalism

verbiage

wordage

wording

set phrase

language

vernacularism

catchphrase

cliches

countenance

Translations

locution

locución

locuzione

έκφραση

Redewendung

frase

tournure

provérbio

locucion

expresión

proverbe

locució

ditado

locução

dicton

Pronounced as (IPA)

/loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from
loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.