headword

English

Etymology

From head +‎ word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdwɜːd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdwɝd/

Noun

headword (plural headwords)

1. a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus
2. (grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct

   In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.

Synonyms

• (grammar): head

Translations

word used as the title of a section

• Armenian: գլխաբառ (hy) (glxabaṙ)
• Catalan: entrada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標題字／标题字 (biāotízì), 标题字 (biāodìzì)

• Esperanto: kapvorto (eo)
• Finnish: hakusana (fi)
• French: mot vedette (fr) m, vedette (fr) f
• Georgian: სასათაურო სიტყვა (sasatauro siṭq̇va), ვოკაბულა (voḳabula)
• German: Stichwort (de) n, Schlagwort (de) n, Stichpunkt (de) m
• Hungarian: címszó (hu)
• Japanese: 見出し語 (みだしご, midashigo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: šķirklis m
• Norwegian: oppslagsord n
• Polish: hasło (pl) n
• Portuguese: entrada (pt) f
• Romanian: cuvânt-titlu (ro) n
• Russian: загла́вное сло́во n (zaglávnoje slóvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannfhacal m
• Spanish: lema (es) m, entrada (es) f, palabra principal f
• Swedish: uppslagsord (sv) n, stickord (sv) n
• Welsh: prifair m

word modified by an adjunct

• Finnish: pääsana (fi); jälkiosa (in a compound term)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: főtag, alaptag, fej (hu)

See also

• headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• basic form
• canonical form
• citation form
• dictionary form
• lemma