vocabulary

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəʊˈkabjʊləɹɪ/, /vəˈkabjʊləɹɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈkæbjəlɛɹi/, /vəˈkæbjəlɛɹi/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: vo‧cab‧u‧lary

Noun

vocabulary (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, →DOI, 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.

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Translations

list of words

Bulgarian: ре́чник (bg) (réčnik)
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) (wau:hara.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙表／词汇表 (zh) (cíhuìbiǎo)
Czech: slovník (cs) m
Danish: ordforråd n, vokabularium n, ordliste c
Dutch: woordenlijst (nl) f or m, woordenschat (nl) m
Esperanto: vortaro (eo)
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa), სიტყვარი (siṭq̇vari)
German: Wortliste (de) f, Wörterverzeichnis (de) n, Glossar (de) n
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n (lexilógio)
Hindi: शब्दावली (hi) f (śabdāvlī)
Hungarian: szójegyzék (hu), szólista (hu), szószedet (hu), glosszárium (hu)
Indonesian: kosakata (id), perbendaharaan kata (id)
Irish: foclóirín m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙集 (ごいしゅう, goishū)
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap)
Korean: 어휘집(語彙集) (eohwijip)
Lao: ຄຳສັບ (lo) (kham sap)
Malay: kosa kata
Maori: rārangi kupu
Marathi: शब्दसंग्रह m (śabdasaṅgrah)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: толь бичиг (mn) (tolʹ bičig)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vokabular n, ordliste m or f, vokabular n
Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lügat)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: واژِگان (fa) (vâžegân)
Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz m
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: glosar (ro) n, vocabular (ro) n
Russian: терминоло́гия (ru) f (terminológija), номенклату́ра (ru) f (nomenklatúra), слова́рь (ru) (slovárʹ), вокабуля́рий (ru) m (vokabuljárij) (dated)
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, faclair m, stòr-fhacal m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordlista (sv) c, vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: talasalitaan (tl)
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) (kam-sàp)
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר m (vokabular)

set of words a person knows

Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl (mafradāt), ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya)
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) (baṙapašar)
Azerbaijani: söz ehtiyatı
Belarusian: сло́ўнікавы запа́с m (slóŭnikavy zapás), запа́с слоў m (zapás sloŭ), лексіко́н m (ljeksikón), ле́ксіка f (ljéksika)
Bulgarian: сло́вно бога́тство n (slóvno bogátstvo), ле́ксика (bg) f (léksika)
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) (wau:hara.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯／词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語匯／语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙／字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)
Crimean Tatar: qamus
Czech: slovní zásoba (cs) f
Danish: ordforråd n, vokabularium n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m, vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Esperanto: vortprovizo
Estonian: sõnavara
Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m, lexique (fr) f
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa), სიტყვათა მარაგი (siṭq̇vata maragi)
German: Wortschatz (de) m, Vokabular (de) n, Vokabularium (de) n
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n (lexilógio)
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m (otsár milím)
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Icelandic: orðaforði (is) m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) (ごい, goi)
Kazakh: сөз байлығы (söz bailyğy)
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap)
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) (eohwi)
Kyrgyz: сөзкурам (sözkuram)
Lao: ຄຳສັບ (lo) (kham sap)
Latvian: vārdu krājums
Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vokabular n, ordforråd (no) n, ordtilfang
Old English: no such word attested; perhaps closest is wordhord
Persian:
Iranian Persian: واژِگان (fa) (vâžegân)
Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz m
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n, słownik (pl) m, zasób słowny m
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
Russian: слова́рь (ru) m (slovárʹ), слова́рный запа́с m (slovárnyj zapás), запа́с слов m (zapás slov), лексико́н (ru) m (leksikón), ле́ксика (ru) f (léksika), вокабуля́р (ru) m (vokabuljár)
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m
Slovak: slovná zásoba f
Slovene: besedni zaklad m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) (kam-sàp), วงศัพท์ (th) (wong-sàp)
Turkish: kelime hazinesi (tr), kelime kadrosu (tr), söz dağarcığı (tr), söz hazinesi (tr), söz varlığı (tr), sözcük hazinesi (tr), vokabüler (tr)
Ukrainian: запа́с слів m (zapás sliv), словнико́вий запа́с (uk) m (slovnykóvyj zapás), ле́ксика (uk) f (léksyka), лексико́н (uk) m (leksykón), словни́к (uk) m (slovnýk), вокабуля́р m (vokabuljár)
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi) (詞彙)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר m (vokabular)

stock of words used in a particular field

Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl (mafradāt), ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya)
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) (baṙapašar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯／词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語匯／语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙／字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)
Danish: ordforråd n, vokabularium n, vokabular n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m, terminologie (nl) f, vakterminologie f, vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: erialasõnavara, oskussõnavara, terminoloogia (et)
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვარი (siṭq̇vari), ლექსიკა (leksiḳa)
German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m, Wortvorrat m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m (otsár millím)
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 用語 (ja) (ようご, yōgo)
Korean: 용어(用語) (ko) (yong'eo)
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordforråd (no) n, vokabular n
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n, nomenklatura (pl) f
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m, terminologia (pt) f
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
Russian: терминоло́гия (ru) f (terminológija), ле́ксика (ru) f (léksika), номенклату́ра (ru) f (nomenklatúra), вокабуля́р (ru) m (vokabuljár)
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Turkish: terminoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: терміноло́гія (uk) f (terminolóhija), ле́ксика (uk) f (léksyka), номенклату́ра (uk) f (nomenklatúra), вокабуля́р m (vokabuljár)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f

words of a language collectively

Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl (mafradāt)
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) (baṙapašar)
Bulgarian: ре́чников съста́в m (réčnikov sǎstáv)
Catalan: vocabulari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙／词汇 (zh) (cíhuì), 語彙／语汇 (zh) (yǔhuì), 字彙／字汇 (zh) (zìhuì)
Danish: ordforråd n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m, vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: sõnavara
Faroese: orðatilfar n, orðfeingi n
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: lexique (fr) f, vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვათა მარაგი (siṭq̇vata maragi), ლექსიკა (leksiḳa)
German: Vokabular (de) n, Wortschatz (de) m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m (otsár millím)
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Icelandic: orðaforði (is) m
Ingrian: slovari
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) (ごい, goi)
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap)
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) (eohwi)
Macedonian: вокабула́р m (vokabulár)
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordforråd (no) n, vokabular n
Polish: słownictwo (pl) m, leksyka (pl) f
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n, lexic (ro) n
Russian: слова́рный запа́с m (slovárnyj zapás), слова́рный соста́в m (slovárnyj sostáv), ле́ксика (ru) f (léksika), вокабуля́р (ru) m (vokabuljár)
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m, stòr-fhacal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вокабу̀ла̄р m

Roman: vokabùlār (sh) m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m, léxico (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n, vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) (kam-sàp)
Turkish: vokabüler (tr)
Udmurt: кылолык (kylolyk)
Ukrainian: ле́ксика (uk) f (léksyka), лекси́чний запа́с m (leksýčnyj zapás), словни́к (uk) m (slovnýk), вокабуля́р m (vokabuljár)
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} طَلِيق اللِّسَان m (ṭalīq al-lisān)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} vocabulario (ia)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} үгийн сан (ügiin san)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vocabular (ro) n