English

Noun

locale ‎(plural locales)

1. The place where something happens.

   Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.

2. (computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
3. (mathematics) A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.kal/

Adjective

locale

1. feminine singular of local

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin locālis, locālem, from Latin locus.

Adjective

locale m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural locali)

1. local

Noun

locale m ‎(plural locali)

1. room

Related terms

• località
• localizzare
• localmente
• locare
• locativo
• luogo

Anagrams

• alcole

Latin

Adjective

locāle

1. nominative neuter singular of locālis
2. accusative neuter singular of locālis
3. vocative neuter singular of locālis

References

• LOCALE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)