leksikon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English lexicon, from Medieval Latin or New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, a lexicon), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, of words), from λέξις (léxis, a saying, speech, word), from λέγειν (légein, to speak).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

leksikon

  1. the vocabulary of a language
  2. (linguistics) a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, a lexicon), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, of words), from λέξις (léxis, a saying, speech, word), from λέγειν (légein, to speak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛksikɔn/, [ˈlɛɡ̊sikʰʌn]

Noun

leksikon n (singular definite leksikonet, plural indefinite leksikoner or leksika)

  1. encyclopedia (a comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects)
    Synonym: bokabularyo
  2. lexicon, the entire vocabulary in a given language

Inflection

See also


Finnish

Noun

leksikon

  1. Genitive singular form of leksikko.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón)

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksika or leksikon or leksikoner, definite plural leksikaene or leksikona or leksikonene)

  1. an encyclopaedia
  2. a dictionary (now rare)
  3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón)

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksikon, definite plural leksikona)

  1. an encyclopaedia
  2. a dictionary (now rare)
  3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěksikoːn/
  • Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

lèksikōn m (Cyrillic spelling лѐксико̄н)

  1. lexicon

Declension

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