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locale Definition

lo·cale (lō kal)

noun

a place or locality, esp. with reference to events or circumstances connected with it, often as a setting for a story, play, etc.

Etymology: OFr local

locale Synonyms

locale

n.

vicinity, territory, district; see area 2, region 1.

locale Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • imbue: The function reads one full line, and the string it contains is converted according to the locale imbued on the stream.
  • specify: The date is given in the locale specified by the LC _ TIME environmental variable.
  • switch: If the user switches locales, the application just loads a different bundle.
  • desire: If the input method supports the desired locale, it changes its behavior to support input for the locale and returns true.
  • set: How does setting the default locale affect the results of sorting?
  • give: The resource bundles are searched most recently added first using the given locale.

Adjective modifier

  • exotic: Right you convince in exotic locales within two opaque.
  • specified: String comparisons are performed using a collator, instantiated on the specified locale, at the default strength for that locale.
  • geographic: A significant proportion of the adult human population has been infected by the parasite, depending on lifestyle and geographic locale.
  • current: The file is parsed in the encoding of the current locale.
  • native: We use the term native locale to describe the locale that has been chosen as the preferred locale by the user or system administrator.
  • global: Java programs are not assigned a single global locale.

Modifies a noun

  • dependant: The assignment of strengths to language features is locale dependant.
  • object: An unnamed locale object is equal only to itself.
  • setting: The locale settings can affect the return values for some of the functions in the time module.
  • argument: The locale argument is used to convert the month name.
  • category: On some systems, this locale category does not exist.
  • definition: The locale definition has one part for each locale category.

Noun used with modifier

  • default: How does setting the default locale affect the results of sorting?
  • input: UK or CZ for example ) which tells you which ' input locale ' is selected.