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lexicon
English
Etymology
Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek ??????? ??????? (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ???? (lég?, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to gather, collect”).
Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?k.s?.k?n/
- (US) enPR: l?k's?k?n, IPA(key): /?l?k.s?.k?n/
Noun
lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)
- The vocabulary of a language.
- Synonyms: word-hoard, word-stock
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- Synonym: wordbook
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- Coordinate term: idiolect
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- the baseball lexicon
- A list thereof.
- a baseball lexicon
- Synonym: glossary
Related terms
- lexical
- lexicography
- lexicology
- lexiconophilia
- lexiconophilist
Translations
Further reading
- lexicon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lexicon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- lexonic
Dutch
Etymology
From New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of ??????? (lexikós, “of words”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lexi?con
Noun
lexicon n (plural lexicons or lexica, diminutive lexiconnetje n)
- (clarification of this definition is needed) lexicon
Further reading
- lexicon on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Latin
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek ??????? (lexikón, “a lexicon”), which is an ellipsis from Ancient Greek ??????? ??????? (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ???? (lég?, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *le?- (“to gather, collect”).
Attested at least since Girolamo Aleandro's Lexicon graeco-latinum, multis et praeclaris additionibus locupletatum (1512).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lek.si.kon/, [????ks??k?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lek.si.kon/, [?l??zik?n]
Noun
lexicon n (genitive lexic?); second declension
- (New Latin) a dictionary, a lexicon
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Descendants
- ? Dutch: lexicon m
- ? German: Lexikon, Lexicon
- ? Czech: lexikon
- ? Hungarian: lexikon (“encyclopedia”)
- ? Swedish: lexikon
- ? Middle French: lexicon m
- French: lexique m
- ? English: lexicon (possibly; or directly from Latin)
References
- lexicon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lexicon in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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glossary
- There is a Glossary of terms used in Wiktionary. See also Wiktionary's Category:Glossaries by language
English
Etymology
From Middle English glosarie, from Latin gloss?rium, from Ancient Greek ?????? (glôssa, “tongue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?s??i/
Noun
glossary (plural glossaries)
- A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
Synonyms
- clavis
- idioticon
- vocabulary
Coordinate terms
- terminology
Derived terms
- bilingual glossary
Related terms
- gloss
Translations
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