English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From French vocabulaire , borrowed from Late Latin vocābulārium . See vocable .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
vocabulary (countable and uncountable , plural vocabularies )
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
The collection of words a person knows and uses.
My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
The stock of words used in a particular field.
The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
The words of a language collectively; lexis .
The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
2018 , Clarence Green; James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes , volume 35, DOI :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2018.07.004 , page 106:Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.
( by extension ) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
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list of words
Bulgarian: речник (bg) ( rečnik )
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) ( wau:hara. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙表 , 词汇表 ( cíhuìbiǎo )
Czech: slovník (cs) m
Dutch: woordenlijst (nl) f or m , woordenschat (nl) m
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa ) , სიტყვარი ( siṭq̇vari )
German: Vokabeln (de) f pl , Wortschatz (de) m , Wortliste (de) f
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n ( lexilógio )
Hindi: शब्दावली (hi) f ( śabdāvlī )
Hungarian: szójegyzék (hu) , szólista (hu) , szószedet (hu) , glosszárium
Indonesian: kosakata (id) , perbendaharaan kata (id)
Irish: foclóirín m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙集 ( ごいしゅう, goishū )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘집(語彙集) ( eohwijip )
set of words a person knows
Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mafradāt ) , ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f ( ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Belarusian: сло́ўнікавы запа́с m ( slóŭnikavy zapás ) , запа́с слоў m ( zapás sloŭ ) , лексіко́н m ( ljeksikón ) , ле́ксіка f ( ljéksika )
Bulgarian: сло́вно бога́тство n ( slóvno bogátstvo ) , ле́ксика (bg) f ( léksika )
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) ( wau:hara. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯 (zh) , 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語匯 (zh) , 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 (zh) , 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Crimean Tatar: qamus
Czech: slovní zásoba (cs) f
Danish: ordforråd n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m , vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Esperanto: vortprovizo
Estonian: sõnavara
Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m , lexique (fr) f
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa ) , სიტყვათა მარაგი ( siṭq̇vata maragi )
German: Vokabular (de) n , Wortschatz (de) m
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n ( lexilógio )
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otzár millím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Icelandic: orðaforði m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) ( ごい, goi )
Kazakh: сөз байлығы ( söz baylığı )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) ( eohwi )
Lao: ຄຳສັບ (lo) ( kham sap )
Latvian: vārdu krājums
Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vokabular n , ordforråd (no) n , ordtilfang
Persian: واژگان (fa) pl ( vâžegân )
Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz m
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n , słownik (pl) m , zasób słowny m
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
Russian: слова́рь (ru) m ( slovárʹ ) , слова́рный запа́с m ( slovárnyj zapás ) , запа́с слов m ( zapás slov ) , лексико́н (ru) m ( leksikón ) , ле́ксика (ru) f ( léksika )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m
Slovak: slovná zásoba f
Slovene: besedni zaklad m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n , vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) ( kam-sàp )
Turkish: kelime hazinesi (tr) , kelime kadrosu (tr) , söz dağarcığı (tr) , söz hazinesi (tr) , söz varlığı (tr) , sözcük hazinesi (tr) , vokabüler (tr)
Ukrainian: запа́с слів m ( zapás sliv ) , словнико́вий запа́с (uk) m ( slovnykóvyj zapás ) , ле́ксика (uk) f ( léksyka ) , лексико́н (uk) m ( leksykón ) , словни́к (uk) m ( slovnýk )
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi) (詞彙 )
Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר m ( vokabular )
stock of words used in a particular field
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mafradāt ) , ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f ( ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯 (zh) , 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語匯 (zh) , 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 (zh) , 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m , terminologie (nl) f , vakterminologie f , vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: erialasõnavara , oskussõnavara , terminoloogia (et)
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვარი ( siṭq̇vari ) , ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa )
German: Vokabular (de) n , Wortschatz (de) m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otzár millím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
words of a language collectively
Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mafradāt )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Bulgarian: речников състав m ( rečnikov sǎstav )
Catalan: vocabulari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯 (zh) , 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語匯 (zh) , 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 (zh) , 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Danish: ordforråd n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m , vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: sõnavara
Faroese: orðatilfar n , orðfeingi n
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: lexique (fr) f , vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვათა მარაგი ( siṭq̇vata maragi ) , ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa )
German: Vokabular (de) n , Wortschatz (de) m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otzár millím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) ( ごい, goi )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) ( eohwi )
Macedonian: вокабула́р m ( vokabulár )
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordforråd (no) n , vokabular n
Polish: słownictwo (pl) m , leksyka (pl) f
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n , lexic (ro) n
Russian: слова́рный запа́с m ( slovárnyj zapás ) , слова́рный соста́в m ( slovárnyj sostáv ) , ле́ксика (ru) f ( léksika )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m , stòr-fhacal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вокабу̀ла̄р m
Roman: vokabùlār (sh) m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m , léxico (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n , vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) ( kam-sàp )
Turkish: vokabüler (tr)
Udmurt: кылолык ( kylolyk )
Ukrainian: ле́ксика (uk) f ( léksyka ) , лекси́чний запа́с m ( leksýčnyj zapás ) , словни́к (uk) m ( slovnýk )
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)
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