lexis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “diction”, “word”), from λεγ- (leg-, “to speak”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lexis (plural lexises or lexeis)
- (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
- The vocabulary used by a writer
- In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek λέξις (lexis)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lexis f (genitive lexeōs); third declension
- A word.
Declension[edit]
Irregular. Accusative plural lexeis.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- lexis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lexis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lexis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lexis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Linguistics
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin third declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
