district

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”).

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

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɹɪkt

district (plural districts)

1. 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

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

• districtual

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.

• redistrict

district (comparative more district, superlative most district)

1. (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

• “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.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtrɪkt/

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• Hyphenation: dis‧trict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)

1. district

• kiesdistrict

• Afrikaans: distrik
• Negerhollands: distrikt
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhistrikan, pendhistrikan
• → Indonesian: distrik

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus. Doublet of détroit.

• IPA^(key): /dis.tʁikt/, /dis.tʁik/

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district m (plural districts)

1. district

• “district”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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”).

district m (plural districts)

1. (Jersey) district

Borrowed from French district.

district n (plural districte)

1. district