lexicon

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WOTD – 12 December 2006    

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Etymology

English from the 17th century, from a Medieval Latin or New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexicon, “a lexicon”), neuter of λεξικός (lexikos, “of words”), from λέξις (lexis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕ'ksĭkŏn, IPA: /ˈleksɪkɑn/, X-SAMPA: /"leksIkQn/

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Noun

Wikipedia lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)

1. The vocabulary of a language.
2. (linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
4. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
5. (rare) Any dictionary.
6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
7. A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.

   a baseball lexicon

Synonyms

• wordhoard

Related terms

• lexical
• lexicography
• lexicology

Translations

vocabulary of a language

• Finnish: sanasto (fi), leksikko (fi)

dictionary of lexemes

• Finnish: sanakirja (fi)
• French: lexique (fr) m
• Greek: λημματολόγιο (el) (limmatológio) n
• Icelandic: orðabók (is) f, orðasafn (is) n, lesforði (is) m, lessafn (is) n
• Italian: lessico (it) m

• Lithuanian: leksikonas (lt) m
• Polish: leksykon (pl) m, ‎słownik encyklopedyczny m
• Romanian: lexicon (ro) n
• Russian: ‎словарь лексем (slovarʹ leksem)

dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic

• Greek: λεξικό (el) (lexikó) n
• Icelandic: orðabók (is) f, orðasafn (is) n

• Italian: lessico (it) m
• Russian: лексико́н (ru) (leksikón) m

lexicology of a programming language

• Finnish: sanasto (fi)
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) (lexilógio) n

• Icelandic: orðasafn (is) n
• Italian: lessico (it) m

(rare) any dictionary

• Finnish: sanakirja (fi)
• Greek: λεξικό (el) (lexikó) n
• Hungarian: szótár (hu)
• Icelandic: orðabók (is) f, orðasafn (is) n

• Irish: foclóir (ga) m
• Italian: lessico (it) m
• Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m, leksikonas (lt) m
• Russian: лексико́н (ru) (leksikón) m, слова́рь (ru) (slovár') m
• Spanish: léxico (es) m

vocabulary used by an individual

• Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) (lexilógio) n
• Hungarian: szókincs (hu), szókészlet (hu)
• Icelandic: orðabók (is) f, orðasafn (is) n, lesforði (is) m, lessafn (is) n

• Italian: lessico (it) m, vocabolario (it) m
• Polish: leksykon (pl) m, słownictwo (pl) n
• Russian: лексико́н (ru) (leksikón) m, ‎запас слов (zapas slov), ‎лексический запас (leksičeskij zapas)

subject-specific vocabulary

• Finnish: sanasto (fi)

• French: champs lexical (fr) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: leksikono (eo)
• French: lexique (fr) m
• German: Lexikon (de) n
• Interlingua: lexico (ia)
• Portuguese: léxico (pt) m
• Turkish: sözlük (tr), lügat (tr)
• Welsh: geiriadur (cy) m

External links

• lexicon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lexicon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: lexi‧con

Noun

lexicon n (plural lexica or lexicons, diminutive lexiconnetje)

1. lexicon

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Noun

lexicon (genitive lexicī); n, second declension

1. lexicon

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lexicon	lexica
genitive	lexicī	lexicōrum
dative	lexicō	lexicīs
accusative	lexicon	lexica
ablative	lexicō	lexicīs
vocative	lexicon	lexica