emplacement

English

Etymology

From French emplacement, from en- + placement.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

emplacement (countable and uncountable, plural emplacements)

1. An installation that houses a military weapon.
2. A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
3. (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.

Translations

An installation that houses a military weapon

Manx: ardane (gunney) m

A place where a thing is located

Bulgarian: местоположение (bg) n (mestopoloženie) Greek: τοποθεσία (el) f (topothesía) Indonesian: emplasemen (id)

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ placer (“to place”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

emplacement m (plural emplacements)

1. site, location

Further reading

• “emplacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.