English

Noun

locution ‎(plural locutions)

1. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

   The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.

2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

3. A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Translations

Derived terms

• circumlocution
• locutionary

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquent
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocutor
• interlocution
• loquacious
• perlocution
• soliloquy

References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• locution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• locution at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From Latin locūtiō ‎(“speech”), from loqui ‎(“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.ky.sjɔ̃/

Noun

locution f ‎(plural locutions)

1. phrase, locution

Derived terms

• locution adverbiale
• locution conjonctive