Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emplace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
em-place
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place

Etymology

From em- + place. Cognate to French emplacer, Spanish emplazar, Portuguese emplaçar, Catalan emplaçar & Italian impiazzare.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

emplaces (present, singular) emplacing (participle, present) emplaced (participle, past) emplaced (past)

Derived Forms

emplacement reimplace

Questions

What does emplace mean?
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
Where does emplace come from?
From em- + place. Cognate to French emplacer, Spanish emplazar, Portuguese emplaçar, Catalan emplaçar & Italian impiazzare.

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