headword

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdwɜːd/
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• General-American: /ˈhɛdwɝd/
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From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գլխաբառ (glxabaṙ) — word used as the title of a section
• Catalan: entrada — word used as the title of a section
• Chinese Mandarin: 標題字 /标题字 (biāodìzì) — word used as the title of a section
• Chinese Mandarin: 字頭 /字头 (zìtóu) — word used as the title of a section
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞頭 /词头 (cítóu) — word used as the title of a section
• Dutch: trefwoord — word used as the title of a section
• Esperanto: kapvorto — word used as the title of a section
• Finnish: hakusana — word used as the title of a section
• French: mot vedette — word used as the title of a section
• French: vedette — word used as the title of a section
• Georgian: სასათაურო სიტყვა (sasatauro siṭq̇va) — word used as the title of a section
• Georgian: ვოკაბულა (voḳabula) — word used as the title of a section
• German: Stichwort — word used as the title of a section
• German: Schlagwort — word used as the title of a section
• German: Stichpunkt — word used as the title of a section
• Hungarian: címszó — word used as the title of a section
• Italian: voce — word used as the title of a section
• Japanese: 見出し語 (midashigo) — word used as the title of a section
• Latvian: šķirklis — word used as the title of a section
• Māori: kupu matua — word used as the title of a section
• Norwegian: oppslagsord — word used as the title of a section
• Pannonian Rusyn: одреднїца (odrednjica) — word used as the title of a section
• Polish: hasło — word used as the title of a section
• Portuguese: entrada — word used as the title of a section
• Romanian: cuvânt-titlu — word used as the title of a section
• Russian: загла́вное сло́во (zaglávnoje slóvo) — word used as the title of a section
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannfhacal — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: lema — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: entrada — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: palabra principal — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: palabra capital — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: palabra cefálica — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: palabra encabezada — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: palabra de cabeza — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: lexía — word used as the title of a section
• Spanish: pieza léxica — word used as the title of a section
• Swahili: kidahizo — word used as the title of a section
• Swedish: uppslagsord — word used as the title of a section
• Swedish: stickord — word used as the title of a section
• Welsh: prifair — word used as the title of a section
• Finnish: pääsana — word modified by an adjunct
• Finnish: jälkiosa — word modified by an adjunct
• Hungarian: főtag — word modified by an adjunct
• Hungarian: alaptag — word modified by an adjunct
• Hungarian: fej — word modified by an adjunct
• Polish: nadrzędnik — word modified by an adjunct
• Polish: wyraz nadrzędny — word modified by an adjunct