verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/
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General-American:/dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/
CMU ARPABET:D IH1 S L OW0 K EY0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To put something out of its usual place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: displace, disjoint
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: luxate
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The colonists displaced the natives
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: displace
5
verb
Meaning 5
move out of position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
dislocate joints
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: luxate, splay, slip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English locate English dislocate From dis- + locate.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
измествам
(izmestvam)
— to put something out of its usual place
Bulgarian:
премествам
(premestvam)
— to put something out of its usual place
Chinese Mandarin:
弄亂 /弄乱
(nòngluàn)
— to put something out of its usual place
Latin:
dislocō
— to put something out of its usual place
Spanish:
desencajar
— to put something out of its usual place
Swedish:
flytta
— to put something out of its usual place
Swedish:
undantränga
— to put something out of its usual place
Swedish:
tränga undan
— to put something out of its usual place
Bulgarian:
изкълчвам
(izkǎlčvam)
— to dislodge a bone
Catalan:
dislocar
— to dislodge a bone
Catalan:
luxar
— to dislodge a bone
Catalan:
desconjuntar
— to dislodge a bone
Catalan:
desencaixar
— to dislodge a bone
Chinese Mandarin:
脫臼 /脱臼
(tuōjiù)
— to dislodge a bone
Czech:
vykloubit
— to dislodge a bone
Dutch:
ontwrichten
— to dislodge a bone
French:
disloquer
— to dislodge a bone
French:
luxer
— to dislodge a bone
French:
déboîter
— to dislodge a bone
Galician:
dislocar
— to dislodge a bone
German:
auskugeln
— to dislodge a bone
German:
ausrenken
— to dislodge a bone
German:
verrenken
— to dislodge a bone
German:
dislozieren
— to dislodge a bone
Greek:
εξαρθρώνω
(exarthróno)
— to dislodge a bone
Ancient Greek:
ἐξαρθρόω
(exarthróō)
— to dislodge a bone
Hungarian:
kificamít
— to dislodge a bone
Italian:
slogare
— to dislodge a bone
Italian:
lussare
— to dislodge a bone
Japanese:
脱臼する
(dakkyū suru)
— to dislodge a bone
Kazakh:
буынын шығару
(buynyn şyğaru)
— to dislodge a bone
Kazakh:
мерт қылу
(mert qylu)
— to dislodge a bone
Kazakh:
мертіктіру
(mertıktıru)
— to dislodge a bone
Latin:
luxō
— to dislodge a bone
Polish:
zwichnąć
— to dislodge a bone
Portuguese:
deslocar
— to dislodge a bone
Romanian:
disloca
— to dislodge a bone
Russian:
выви́хивать
(vyvíxivatʹ)
— to dislodge a bone
Russian:
вы́вихнуть
(vývixnutʹ)
— to dislodge a bone