lockdown
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/Category:English 2-syllable words#LOCKDOWNCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKDOWN
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/Category:English 2-syllable words#LOCKDOWNCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKDOWN
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKDOWNAudio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKDOWNAudio (Midwestern US): (file)
Noun
lockdown (countable and uncountable, plural lockdowns)Category:English lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:English nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English uncountable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN
- The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
- 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 29:
- At the time of writing, no decisions had been made by the Government as to when or how lockdown restrictions might begin to be lifted. However, discussions were taking place in the industry about how social distancing could be maintained on the railway if some patronage were to return soon.Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
- 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:
- Fans relished the traditional FA Cup fanfare from the Coldstream Guards and the hymn Abide With Me before throwing themselves wholeheartedly into an experience they have been largely deprived of since the first coronavirus lockdown began in March 2020.Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
- 2022 October 14, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Asia Pacific:
- When a column of smoke appeared on Thursday over the Sitong Bridge overpass in the Haidian district of Beijing, it drew attention to a protester who had hung banners openly bashing China’s top leader by name and criticizing the country’s “zero Covid” policy, including one calling for “freedom and not lockdowns.”Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKDOWN
- (USCategory:American English#LOCKDOWN) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
- 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
- The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.
- 1931, State University of Iowa. Bureau of Business Research, Iowa studies in business (issues 10-15, page 24)
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Category:en:COVID-19#LOCKDOWNCategory:en:Epidemiology#LOCKDOWNCategory:en:Prison#LOCKDOWNDutch
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔk.dɑu̯n/, /lɔkˈdɑu̯n/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKDOWN
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKDOWNAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: lock‧down
Noun
lockdown m (plural lockdowns, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN
- lockdown (confinement as a security measure)
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.
Noun
lockdown m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian countable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms spelled with K#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian terms spelled with W#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Italian masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN
- (anglicism) lockdown
- Synonym: confinamento
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from English#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish terms derived from English#LOCKDOWN lockdown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔɡ.dawn/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKDOWN
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKDOWNAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɡdawnCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔɡdawn#LOCKDOWNCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɔɡdawn/2 syllables#LOCKDOWN
- Syllabification: lock‧down
Noun
lockdown m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish masculine nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKDOWNCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKDOWN
- lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure)
Declension
Further reading
- “lockdown”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “lockdown”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
