lexical item

English

Etymology

lexical +‎ item

Noun

lexical item (plural lexical items)

1. (semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.

   Synonym: lexical unit

   Hypernym: lexical category

   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 490:

     Thus there are 3751 lexical items covered in total. Taking into account polysemy, there are 4315 separate senses.

Translations

term that acts as a unit of meaning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞項／词项 (cíxiàng), 词项 (cíxiàng)

• Czech: lexikální jednotka f
• Dutch: lexicale eenheid f
• Finnish: leksikaalinen yksikkö
• French: lexie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: lexikalische Einheit f
• Irish: mír fhoclóireachta f, aonad léacsach m
• Japanese: 語彙項目 (ごいこうもく, goi kōmoku)
• Russian: лекси́ческая едини́ца (ru) f (leksíčeskaja jediníca), лекси́ческий элеме́нт m (leksíčeskij elemént)
• Vietnamese: đơn vị từ vựng

See also

• lexeme
• lexis
• lexicon