vocabulary

English

Etymology

Late Latin vocabularium, vocabularius: French vocabulaire. See vocable.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈkæbjəlɛɹi/

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• Hyphenation: vo‧cab‧u‧lary

Noun

vocabulary (plural vocabularies)

1. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
2. The collection of words a person knows and uses.

   My Russian vocabulary is very limited.

3. The stock of words used in a particular field.

   The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.

4. The words of a language collectively.

   The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.

5. A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques

Derived terms

• defining vocabulary
• controlled vocabulary
• extended vocabulary

Coordinate terms

• dictionary
• lexicon
• wordhoard (obsolete)

Synonyms

• clavis
• glossary
• idioticon

Translations

list of words

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞彙表, 词汇表 (cíhuìbiǎo)

• Czech: slovník (cs) m
• Dutch: woordenlijst (nl) f, m
• Finnish: sanasto (fi)
• French: vocabulaire (fr) m
• Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
• German: Vokabeln (de) f pl, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hindi: शब्दावली f (śabdāvalī)
• Hungarian: szójegyzék (hu)
• Irish: foclóirín m
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m
• Japanese: 語彙集 (goishū)

• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: vokabular n, ordliste m, f, vokabular n
• Persian: واژگان (fa) pl (vâžegân)
• Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
• Romanian: glosar (ro) n, vocabular (ro) n
• Russian: терминология (ru) f (terminológija), номенклатура (ru) f (nomenklatúra), словарь (ru) (slovárʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, faclair m, stòr-fhacal m
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordlista (sv) c, vokabulär (sv) c
• Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)

set of words a person knows

• Afrikaans: woordeskat
• Arabic: مفردات f pl (mafradāt)
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞匯, 词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語匯, 语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙, 字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)

• Czech: slovní zásoba f
• Danish: ordforråd
• Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m
• Esperanto: vortprovizo
• Estonian: sõnavara
• Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
• French: vocabulaire (fr) m, lexique (fr) f
• German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
• Icelandic: orðaforði m
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m

• Japanese: 語彙 (ja) (ごい, goi)
• Korean: 어휘 (ko) (eohwi) (語彙 (ko))
• Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m
• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: vokabular n, ordforråd (no) n, ordtilfang
• Persian: واژگان (fa) pl (vâžegân)
• Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
• Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
• Russian: словарь (ru) m (slovárʹ), словарный запас m (slovárnyj zapás), запас слов m (zapás slov), лексикон (ru) m (leksikón), лексика (ru) f (léksika)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
• Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi) (詞彙)

stock of words used in a particular field

• Arabic: مفردات f pl (mafradāt)
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞匯, 词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語匯, 语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙, 字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)

• Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m, terminologie f, vakterminologie f
• Estonian: erialasõnavara, oskussõnavara, terminoloogia
• Finnish: sanasto (fi)
• German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hebrew: אוצר מילים (he)
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m

• Japanese: 用語 (yōgo)
• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: ordforråd (no) n, vokabular n
• Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m, terminologia (pt) f
• Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
• Russian: терминология (ru) f (terminológija), лексика (ru) f (léksika), номенклатура (ru) f (nomenklatúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c

words of a language collectively

• Afrikaans: woordeskat
• Arabic: مفردات f pl (mafradāt)
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞匯, 词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語匯, 语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙, 字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)

• Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m
• Estonian: sõnavara
• Finnish: sanasto (fi)
• French: lexique (fr) f, vocabulaire (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hungarian: szókincs (hu)

• Italian: vocabolario (it) m
• Japanese: 語彙 (ja) (ごい, goi)
• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: ordforråd (no) n, vokabular n
• Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
• Romanian: vocabular (ro) n, lexic (ro) n
• Russian: словарный запас m (slovárnyj zapás), словарный состав m (slovárnyj sostáv), лексика (ru) f (léksika)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m, léxico (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} طليق اللسان (ʈalíeq al-lisá:n)
• French: ^{(please verify)} vocabulaire (fr) m
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vocabulario

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 어휘 (ko) (eohwi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vocabular (ro) n
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} vocabulario (es) m