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Difference between “lieu” and “endroit”

https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/3bgaaf/whats_the_difference_between_lieu_place_and/

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Usually when I say ‘lieu’, it is like the english ‘location’, and ‘endroit’ is like ‘spot’. so:

Le lieu est les Caraïbes.

Vas-tu me rencontrer à cet endroit?

I would say ‘lieu’ is more broad, it’s not very specific. I also think it’s more formal, I hear it more on the news, than I hear people saying it in real life.
Endroit is like ‘spot’, or area.

I would say the BIGGEST difference is that lieu is not very commonly used in speech, and endroit is more familiar language.

Lieu as a spot is not used a lot in speech, sometimes in formal situations (news, speeches, …)

Lieu is rather well-known because used in many expressions:

  • en lieu sûr

  • cela n’a pas lieu (cela n’arrive pas)

  • cela donne lieu (cela entraîne)

  • il y a lieu de faire cela (il faut faire cela)

  • au lieu de faire cela (à la place de faire cela)

  • en dernier lieu (comme dernière solution)

et lieu-dit, non-lieu, lieu commun

à ne pas confondre avec lieue (distance)

  • à dix lieues de là, ou à des lieues de là (très loin)

  • des bottes de 7 lieues (le petit poucet)

 

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