lexical | (adjective) of or relating to words | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to dictionaries | - |
lexicalisation | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalization |
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lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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lexicalised | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalized |
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lexicalization | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalisation |
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lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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lexicalized | (adjective) expressed by a word | Synonyms: lexicalised |
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lexically | (adverb) by means of words | - |
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lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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lexicographic | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographical |
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lexicographical | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographic |
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lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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lexicologist | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicographer |
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lexicology | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language | - |
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lexicon | (noun) a language user's knowledge of words | Synonyms: mental lexicon, vocabulary |
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(noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | Synonyms: dictionary |
lexicostatistic | (adjective) pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages | - |
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lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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lexis | (noun) all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function | - |
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