district
English
Etymology
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: dĭs′trĭkt, IPA(key): /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
- Hyphenation: dis‧trict
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪstɹɪkt
Noun
district (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess:
- ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’
- the Soho district of London
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- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
- business district
- central business district
- congressional district
- district attorney
- district cooling
- district heating
- districthood
- district nurse
- electoral district
- federal district
- Lake District
- on the district
- Peak District
- red-light district
- rural sanitary district
- sanitary district
- school district
- urban district
- urban sanitary district
Related terms
- districtual
Translations
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Verb
district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Derived terms
- redistrict
Translations
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Adjective
district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
- 1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], OCLC 64451939:
- punishing with the rod of district severity
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Further reading
- district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- district at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈtrɪkt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dis‧trict
- Rhymes: -ɪkt
Noun
district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
- district
Derived terms
- kiesdistrict
Descendants
- Afrikaans: distrik
- Negerhollands: distrikt
- → Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
- → Indonesian: distrik
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.tʁikt/, /dis.tʁik/
Audio (file)
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- district
Further reading
- “district”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringō, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- (Jersey) district
Romanian
Etymology
From French district.
Noun
district n (plural districte)
- district
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) district | districtul | (niște) districte | districtele |
genitive/dative | (unui) district | districtului | (unor) districte | districtelor |
vocative | districtule | districtelor |