emplacement
English
Etymology
From French emplacement, from en- + placement.
Noun
emplacement (plural emplacements)
- An installation that houses a military weapon.
- A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- (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
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A place where a thing is located
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French
Etymology
en- + placer + -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
emplacement m (plural emplacements)
- site, location
Further reading
- “emplacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.