lock-out
French, noun/lɔ.kawt/
lock-out is spelled L-O-C-K-O-U-T (7 letters). Lock-out is a French masculine noun meaning “lockout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entente de patrons, industriels ou commerçants, pour fermer leurs ateliers, leurs usines, leurs magasins…”.
What does lock-out mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelockout
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entente de patrons, industriels ou commerçants, pour fermer leurs ateliers, leurs usines, leurs magasins quand ils ne peuvent ou ne veulent accéder aux réclamations des ouvriers → voir grève.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lock-out
- lock-outs plural
- lockout
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lock-out?
- /lɔ.kawt/
- \lɔ.kawt\
- \lɔ.ka.ut\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lock-out
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.