headword
Appearance
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɜːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɝd/
Noun
[edit]headword (plural headwords)
- A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
- Coordinate terms: heading, head, subheading, subhead, rubric
- Hypernym: definiendum
- Hyponym: lemma
- (grammar) Any word which may be modified by an adjunct; often, the core noun of a noun phrase.
- Synonym: head
- In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.
Translations
[edit]word used as the title of a section
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word modified by an adjunct
See also
[edit]- headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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