Locale Definition

lō-kăl

locales

noun

locales

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

Webster's New World

The scene or setting, as of a novel.

American Heritage

The place where something happens.

Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.

Wiktionary

(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Locale

Noun

Singular:

locale

Plural:

locales

Origin of Locale

From French local local, locale from Old French local

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective.

From Wiktionary