in situ
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin in + sitū, ablative singular of situs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪt(j)uː/, /ɪnˈsiːt(j)uː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
in situ (not comparable)
- In its original position or place.
Antonyms
Adverb
in situ (not comparable)
- In its original position or place.
Translations
in its original position or place
See also
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin.
Adverb
in situ
References
- “in situ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin.
Adverb
References
- “in situ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Adverb
in situ
Further reading
- “in situ”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28