different between lexis vs structure

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (léxis, “diction”, “word”), from ???- (leg-, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks?s
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l?k?s?s, IPA^(key): /?l?ks?s/,

Noun

lexis (countable and uncountable, plural lexises or lexes or lexeis)

1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
2. (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
3. The vocabulary used by a writer

   In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Derived terms

• lexiplacy, lexoplacy (word-coining, word-creation)

References

Anagrams

• Silex, silex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (léxis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lek.sis/, [????ks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lek.sis/, [?l??zis]

Noun

lexis f (irregular, genitive lexe?s); third declension

1. A word.

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular, Greek-type).

Synonyms

• n?men, verbum

References

• 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

English

Etymology

From Middle French structure, from Latin struct?ra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??(?)/, [?st??kt??(?)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st??kt??/

Noun

structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)

1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.

   Synonym: formation

2. The underlying shape of a solid.

   Synonym: formation

3. The overall form or organization of something.

   Synonyms: makeup, configuration; see also Thesaurus:composition

4. A set of rules defining behaviour.

5. (computing)  Several pieces of data treated as a unit.

6. (fishing, uncountable)  Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish

7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.

8. (logic)  A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Derived terms

• antistructure

Translations

Verb

structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)

1. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

Translations

Related terms

• infrastructure
• macrostructure
• microstructure
• restructure
• structural
• structuralism
• structuralist
• structured
• substructure
• superstructure
• unstructured

Further reading

• structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin structura

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?yk.ty?/
• Rhymes: -y?
• Homophone: structures

Noun

structure f (plural structures)

1. structure

   Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)

Synonyms

• agencement
• disposition
• ordre
• organisation

Antonyms

• anarchie
• chaos

Derived terms

• infrastructure
• structural
• structuralisme
• structuraliste
• structurant
• structuration
• structurer
  • déstructurer
  • restructurer
• structuration
• structure de données
• structurel
• structurellement
• substructure
• superstructure

References

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Participle

str?ct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of str?ct?rus