Phrase guide

lexical analysis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈlɛksɪkəl əˈnæləsɪs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Examples

  • While it's often not difficult to identify tokens while parsing, having a separate stage for lexical analysis simplifies the structure of your compiler.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 词法分析 — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Icelandic: lesgreining — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Japanese: 字句解析 — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Malay: analisis leksikal — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Polish: analiza leksykalna — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Romanian: analiză lexicală — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
  • Vietnamese: phân tích từ vựng — conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens