district

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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”). Doublet of Detroit.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭs′trĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
• Hyphenation: dis‧trict
• Rhymes: -ɪstɹɪkt

Noun

district (plural districts)

1. An administrative division of an area.

   the Soho district of London

2. An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.

   the Lake District in Cumbria

3. (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.

   South Oxfordshire District Council

4. (mining) A specific, usually named area of the coalface where particular seams are worked.

Derived terms

Related terms

• districtual

Descendants

• → Luganda: disitulikit

Translations

Verb

district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)

1. (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.

Derived terms

• redistrict

Translations

Adjective

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

1. (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh

Further reading

• “district”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “district”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “district”, in 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/
• Hyphenation: dis‧trict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

1. 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/

Noun

district m (plural districts)

1. 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)

1. (Jersey) district

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French district.

Noun

district n (plural districte)

1. district

Declension