English Online Dictionary. What means placement? What does placement mean?
English
Etymology
From place + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɪsmənt/
- Rhymes: -eɪsmənt
Noun
placement (countable and uncountable, plural placements)
- The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- A location or position.
- The act of matching a person with a job
- (UK) A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
- (astrology) The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From placer + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plas.mɑ̃/
Noun
placement m (plural placements)
- placement
- investment
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Serbo-Croatian: plasman
- → Turkish: plasman
Further reading
- “placement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.