locale

locale
locale (n.) 1772, local, from Fr. local, noun use of local (adj.), from L. locus "place" (see LOCUS (Cf. locus)). English spelling with -e (1816) probably is based on morale or else to indicate stress.
The word's right to exist depends upon the question whether the two indispensable words locality & scene give all the shades of meaning required, or whether something intermediate is useful. [Fowler]

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  • Locale — locale  UNIX‐утилита, выводящая информацию о локали. Содержание 1 Использование 2 Синтаксис 3 Параметры …   Википедия

  • Locale.h — Стандартная библиотека языка программирования С assert.h complex.h ctype.h errno.h fenv.h float.h inttypes.h iso646.h limits.h locale.h math.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdbool.h stddef.h stdint.h stdio.h …   Википедия

  • locale — ● locale nom féminin Familier. Dans un journal, rubrique particulière à une localité, une ville, une région. ● local, locale, locaux adjectif (bas latin localis, de locus, lieu) Particulier à un lieu, à une région, à un pays : Coutumes locales.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • locale (1) — {{hw}}{{locale (1)}{{/hw}}agg. 1 Che è proprio di un determinato luogo: autorità locali; ferrovia –l. 2 (med.) Che concerne o interessa solo una data parte del corpo umano: malattia –l; cura –l. 3 Treno viaggiatori a breve percorso, che si ferma… …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • Locale — Lo cale , n. [F. local.] 1. A place, spot, or location. [1913 Webster] 2. A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • locale — index district, locality, location, part (place), region, scene, seat, section ( …   Law dictionary

  • locale — meaning ‘a scene or locality, especially with reference to an event or occurrence taking place there’, was adopted in the 18c from French in the form local and respelt in the 19c by writers such as Walter Scott to indicate that the stress lay on… …   Modern English usage

  • locale — / locality [n] physical setting area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground*, territory, theater …   New thesaurus

  • locale — ► NOUN ▪ a place associated with particular events. ORIGIN French local locality , respelled to indicate stress on the final syllable …   English terms dictionary

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