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 (countable and uncountable, 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

Synonyms

• clavis
• glossary
• idioticon

Translations

list of words

• Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) (wau:hara.)
• 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
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n (lexilógio)
• Hindi: शब्दावली (hi) f (śabdāvalī)
• Hungarian: szójegyzék (hu)
• Irish: foclóirín m
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m
• Japanese: 語彙集 (goishū)
• Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viekya’ sap)

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: kosa kata
• Mongolian: толь бичиг (mn) (tolʹ bičig)
• 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: терминоло́гия (ru) f (terminológija), номенклату́ра (ru) f (nomenklatúra), слова́рь (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
• Tagalog: talasalitaan (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)

set of words a person knows

• Afrikaans: woordeskat
• Arabic: مَفْرَدَات‎ f pl (mafradāt)
• Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) (baṙapašar)
• 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
• Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m
• Esperanto: vortprovizo
• Estonian: sõnavara
• Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
• French: vocabulaire (fr) m, lexique (fr) f
• Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa)
• German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים‎ (he) m (otzár millím)
• Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
• Icelandic: orðaforði m
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m

• Japanese: 語彙 (ja) (ごい, goi)
• Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viekya’ sap)
• Korean: 어휘 (ko) (eohwi) (語彙 (ko))
• Lao: ຄໍາສັບ (kham sap)
• Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m
• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: vokabular n, ordforråd (no) n, ordtilfang
• Persian: واژگان‎ (fa) pl (vâžegân)
• Polish: słownictwo (pl) n
• 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
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
• Tagalog: sansalitaan
• Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) (kam-sàp)
• Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi) (詞彙)

stock of words used in a particular field

• Arabic: مَفْرَدَات‎ f pl (mafradāt)
• 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
• Estonian: erialasõnavara, oskussõnavara, terminoloogia (et)
• Finnish: sanasto (fi)
• French: vocabulaire (fr) m
• German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים‎ (he) m (otzár millím)
• Italian: vocabolario (it) m

• Japanese: 用語 (ja) (yōgo)
• Malay: kosa kata
• Norwegian: ordforråd (no) n, vokabular n
• Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m, terminologia (pt) f
• Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
• Russian: терминоло́гия (ru) f (terminológija), ле́ксика (ru) f (léksika), номенклату́ра (ru) f (nomenklatúra)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
• Tagalog: sansalitaan

words of a language collectively

• Afrikaans: woordeskat
• Arabic: مَفْرَدَات‎ f pl (mafradāt)
• 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)

• Danish: ordforråd n
• 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
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים‎ (he) m (otzár millím)
• 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: слова́рный запа́с m (slovárnyj zapás), слова́рный соста́в m (slovárnyj sostáv), ле́ксика (ru) f (léksika)
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
• Serbo-Croatian: vokabular (sh) m
• Spanish: vocabulario (es) m, léxico (es) m
• Swahili: misamiati (sw)
• Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
• Tagalog: sansalitaan
• Udmurt: кылолык (kylolyk)

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 Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} طَلِِيق اَللِّسَان‎ (ṭaliīq al-lisān)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vocabulario
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 어휘 (ko) (eohwi)

• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} үгийн сан (mn) (ügijn san)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vocabular (ro) n