lexical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lexical (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137:
- So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are not associated with
every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are
lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items,
so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range
of complements).
- So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
- (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
- (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word
- a lexical verb
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from lexical (adjective)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lexical (feminine lexicale, masculine plural lexicaux, feminine plural lexicales)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lexical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lexical m or f (plural lexicais)
- Synonym of léxico
Derived terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lexical m or n (feminine singular lexicală, masculine plural lexicali, feminine and neuter plural lexicale)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lexical
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lexical | lexicală | lexicali | lexicale | ||
| definite | lexicalul | lexicala | lexicalii | lexicalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lexical | lexicale | lexicali | lexicale | ||
| definite | lexicalului | lexicalei | lexicalilor | lexicalelor | |||
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lexical (plural lexicales)
Further reading[edit]
- “lexical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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