district
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editdistrict (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- ‘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
- 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
edit- burned-over district
- business district
- central business district
- congressional district
- district attorney
- district cooling
- district heating
- districthood
- district nurse
- electoral district
- federal district
- gay district
- historic district
- Lake District
- on the district
- out-district
- Peak District
- red-light district
- rural sanitary district
- sanitary district
- school district
- settled district
- subbdistrict
- urban district
- urban sanitary district
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Verb
editdistrict (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
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Adjective
editdistrict (comparative more district, superlative most district)
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
- punishing with the rod of district severity
Further reading
edit- “district”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “district”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “district”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editdistrict n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: distrik
- Negerhollands: distrikt
- → Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
- → Indonesian: distrik
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdistrict m (plural districts)
Further reading
edit- “district”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editdistrict m (plural districts)
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French district.
Noun
editdistrict n (plural districte)
Declension
editsingular | 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 |
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg-
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- en:Administrative divisions
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