vocabulary
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊˈkabjʊləɹɪ/, /vəˈkabjʊləɹɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /voʊˈkæbjəlɛɹi/, /vəˈkæbjəlɛɹi/
- (Canada) IPA(key): [vo(ː)ˈkabjʊlɛɹi], [vəˈkabjʊləɹi]
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: vo‧cab‧u‧lary
Noun
editvocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural vocabularies)
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- The words of a language collectively; lexis.
- The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
- 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, , page 106:
- Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.
- (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
Synonyms
edit- (wordlist): See Thesaurus:dictionary
- (total words of a person or language): word-stock, word-hoard
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editlist of words
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set of words a person knows
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stock of words used in a particular field
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words of a language collectively
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Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekʷ-
- English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
- English learned borrowings from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English doublets
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Semantics