Dictionary

dislocate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/ (General-American)
• /dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. 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.

Meanings

1. To put something out of its usual place.
2. To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.
   • Jarman is out to shock us, not only with some explicit sexuality (as much as he can get away with and still have his film funded by the BBC) but also with a dislocating juxtaposition of historical detail and sensibility. 1992 May 8, Michael Bronski, “Raging Correctly”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
3. To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
   • Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:

Forms

Deriveds

dislocator · dislocatee · undislocate · dislocatable

Relateds

dislocation

Synonyms

disjoint · displace · luxate

Translations (46)

fi siirtää sijoiltaan (to put something out of its usual place) · ru вы́вихнуть (to dislodge a bone) · cs vykloubit (to dislodge a bone) · bg изкълчвам (to dislodge a bone) · de verrenken (to dislodge a bone) · de dislozieren (to dislodge a bone) · it lussare (to dislodge a bone) · nl ontwrichten (to dislodge a bone) · ca luxar (to dislodge a bone) · es luxar (to dislodge a bone) · es descoyuntar (to dislodge a bone) · sv undantränga (to put something out of its usual place) · fi siirtää sijoiltaan (to dislodge a bone) · tl malinsad (to dislodge a bone) · la dislocō (to put something out of its usual place) · fr déboîter (to dislodge a bone) · grc ἐξαρθρόω (to dislodge a bone) · ca desencaixar (to dislodge a bone) · sv tränga undan (to put something out of its usual place) · la luxō (to dislodge a bone) · de ausrenken (to dislodge a bone) · es desencajar (to put something out of its usual place) · fr luxer (to dislodge a bone) · kk мерт қылу (to dislodge a bone) · ca desconjuntar (to dislodge a bone) · kk буынын шығару (to dislodge a bone) · ca dislocar (to dislodge a bone) · sl izpahniti (to dislodge a bone) · pt deslocar (to dislodge a bone) · hu kificamít (to dislodge a bone) · ru выви́хивать (to dislodge a bone) · ja 脱臼する (to dislodge a bone) · kk мертіктіру (to dislodge a bone) · de auskugeln (to dislodge a bone) · bg измествам (to put something out of its usual place) · bg премествам (to put something out of its usual place) · ro disloca (to dislodge a bone) · cmn 弄亂 /弄乱 (to put something out of its usual place) · cmn 脫臼 /脱臼 (to dislodge a bone) · gl dislocar (to dislodge a bone) · el εξαρθρώνω (to dislodge a bone) · it slogare (to dislodge a bone) · es dislocar (to dislodge a bone) · pl zwichnąć (to dislodge a bone) · sv flytta (to put something out of its usual place) · fr disloquer (to dislodge a bone)