Etymology

From lock +‎ -er (patient suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -er (patient)#LOCKER or -er (agent noun suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#LOCKER. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒk.ə(ɹ)/Category:English 2-syllable words#LOCKERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKER
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#LOCKERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKER
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔk.ə(ɹ)/Category:English 2-syllable words#LOCKERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKER

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKER
• Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɒkə(ɹ)#LOCKERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒkə(ɹ)/2 syllables#LOCKER

Noun

locker (plural lockers)Category:English lemmas#LOCKERCategory:English nouns#LOCKERCategory:English countable nouns#LOCKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.

   The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOCKER

   • 2016 October 8, Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump’s Apology for Vulgar Comments”, in The New York Times‎:

     This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk.

     Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKER

   • 2024 February 1, Nell Lewis, “South African innovator’s medicine-dispensing lockers win prestigious prize”, in CNN‎:

     Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues and ease pressure on hospital resources.

     Category:English terms with quotations#LOCKER

2. A lockable cubicle.

   She was afraid to come out of the locker.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOCKER

3. A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
4. (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#LOCKER) One who locks something.

   The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOCKER

5. (automotiveCategory:en:Automotive#LOCKER) A locking differential.
6. (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#LOCKER) A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
   • 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:

     The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […]

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7. (LouisianaCategory:Louisiana English#LOCKER) A closet.

Further reading

• “locker”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “locker”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “locker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “locker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• relock, rockel

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#LOCKERCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#LOCKER locker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.kər/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKER

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKER
• Hyphenation: loc‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɔkərCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔkər#LOCKER

Noun

locker m (plural lockers, diminutive lockertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#LOCKERCategory:Dutch nouns#LOCKERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#LOCKERCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#LOCKERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. a locker (lockable storage compartment)

   Synonym: kluis

Etymology

From an adjectival form of Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#LOCKERCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#LOCKER lücke / lugge, with further origin uncertain; perhaps related to Lücke (“gap”) and Loch (“hole”),^[1] via semantic development along the lines of "gap" > "loose opening" > "loose". Compare the semantics of English gap → gappy.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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  Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#LOCKER

Adjective

locker (strong nominative masculine singular lockerer, comparative lockerer, superlative am lockersten)Category:German lemmas#LOCKERCategory:German adjectives#LOCKERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. loose
2. relaxed

   Synonym: entspannt

   Antonym: verkrampft

Adverb

lockerCategory:German lemmas#LOCKERCategory:German adverbs#LOCKERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. loosely
2. relaxedly, casually
3. (with an estimate) easily (expressing confidence in the value or estimation)

   Es waren locker hundert Leute auf der Party. ― There were easily a hundred people at the party.Category:German terms with usage examples#LOCKER

   Das hat hier locker Platz. ― This will fit easily here.Category:German terms with usage examples#LOCKER

Verb

lockerCategory:German non-lemma forms#LOCKERCategory:German verb forms#LOCKERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. inflection of lockern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

References

Further reading

• “locker” in Duden online
• “locker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎ (in German)
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “locker”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#LOCKERCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#LOCKERCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#LOCKER locker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlokeɾ/ [ˈlo.keɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LOCKERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LOCKER
• Rhymes: -okeɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/okeɾ#LOCKERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/okeɾ/2 syllables#LOCKER

Noun

locker m (plural lockeres)Category:Spanish lemmas#LOCKERCategory:Spanish nouns#LOCKERCategory:Spanish countable nouns#LOCKERCategory:Spanish terms spelled with K#LOCKERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LOCKERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#LOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#LOCKERCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOCKER

1. (Latin AmericaCategory:Latin American Spanish#LOCKER) locker