lexical

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕ'ksĭkəl, IPA: /ˈleksɪkəl/, X-SAMPA: /"leksIk@l/

Adjective

lexical (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language
2. (linguistics) concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary

Derived terms

terms derived from lexical (adjective)

lexical analysis lexical analyzer lexical definition lexical item

lexicality lexically lexical semantics lexical unit

Related terms

lexeme lexicalisation, lexicalization

lexicon lexis

Translations

of a language's vocabulary

• Czech: lexikální (cs)
• Esperanto: leksika (eo)
• Finnish: sanastollinen (fi)
• German: lexikalisch (de)

• Irish: léacsach (ga)
• Lithuanian: leksinis (lt)
• Persian: لغوی (fa)
• Spanish: léxico (es), lexical (es)

of a dictionary

• Czech: lexikální (cs)
• Finnish: leksikaalinen (fi)
• Irish: foclóireachta (ga), léacsach (ga)

• Lithuanian: žodyninis (lt)
• Scottish Gaelic: faclaireil (gd)
• Spanish: léxico (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Bengali: আভিধানিক (bn) (ābhidhānik)
• Italian: lessicale (it)

• Japanese: 語彙的な (ja) (goi-teki-na)
• Spanish: léxico (es)
• Welsh: geiriadurol (cy)

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French

Etymology

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛk.si.kal/

Adjective

lexical m (feminine lexicale, masculine plural lexicaux, feminine plural lexicales)

1. lexical