lexicon

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• UK: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/
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• General-American, dialectal: lĕk'sĭkŏn of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/ of Canada
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈlek.sɪ.kən/
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• Australian: /ˈlek.sɪ.kɔn/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlek.sə.kən/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈlek.sə.kɒn/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈlek.sə.kɔ̟n]
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 K S IH0 K AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'.

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: leksik — vocabulary of a language
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar) — vocabulary of a language
• Bulgarian: речник (rečnik) — vocabulary of a language
• Catalan: lèxic — vocabulary of a language
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞庫 /词库 (cíkù) — vocabulary of a language
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞匯 /词汇 (cíhuì) — vocabulary of a language
• Czech: lexikum — vocabulary of a language
• Czech: slovní zásoba — vocabulary of a language
• Danish: leksikon — vocabulary of a language
• Finnish: sanasto — vocabulary of a language
• Finnish: leksikko — vocabulary of a language
• French: lexique — vocabulary of a language
• French: vocabulaire — vocabulary of a language
• Galician: léxico — vocabulary of a language
• Georgian: ლექსიკონი (leksiḳoni) — vocabulary of a language
• German: Lexikon — vocabulary of a language
• German: Wortschatz — vocabulary of a language
• Ancient Greek: λεξικόν (lexikón) — vocabulary of a language
• Hindi: शब्दसंग्रह (śabdasaṅgrah) — vocabulary of a language
• Hungarian: szókincs — vocabulary of a language
• Hungarian: szókészlet — vocabulary of a language
• Japanese: 語彙 (goi) — vocabulary of a language
• Māori: huinga kupu — vocabulary of a language
• Māori: puna kupu — vocabulary of a language
• Polish: słownik — vocabulary of a language
• Portuguese: léxico — vocabulary of a language
• Russian: слова́рь (slovárʹ) — vocabulary of a language
• Russian: лексико́н (leksikón) — vocabulary of a language
• Russian: ле́ксика (léksika) — vocabulary of a language
• Spanish: léxico — vocabulary of a language
• Thai: คลังศัพท์ (klang-sàp) — vocabulary of a language
• Vietnamese: từ điển — vocabulary of a language
• Catalan: lèxic — dictionary of lexemes
• Danish: leksikon — dictionary of lexemes
• Finnish: sanakirja — dictionary of lexemes
• French: lexique — dictionary of lexemes
• Greek: λημματολόγιο (limmatológio) — dictionary of lexemes
• Ancient Greek: λεξικόν (lexikón) — dictionary of lexemes
• Hungarian: szójegyzék — dictionary of lexemes
• Hungarian: szógyűjtemény — dictionary of lexemes
• Hungarian: szószedet — dictionary of lexemes
• Icelandic: orðabók — dictionary of lexemes
• Icelandic: orðasafn — dictionary of lexemes
• Icelandic: lesforði — dictionary of lexemes
• Icelandic: lessafn — dictionary of lexemes
• Italian: lessico — dictionary of lexemes
• Lithuanian: leksikonas — dictionary of lexemes
• Māori: papakupu — dictionary of lexemes
• Polish: leksykon — dictionary of lexemes
• Portuguese: léxico — dictionary of lexemes
• Romanian: lexicon — dictionary of lexemes
• Russian: слова́рь лексе́м (slovárʹ leksém) — dictionary of lexemes
• Greek: λεξικό (lexikó) — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Hungarian: szótár — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Icelandic: orðabók — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Icelandic: orðasafn — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Italian: lessico — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Polish: słownik — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Portuguese: léxicon — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Russian: лексико́н (leksikón) — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Swedish: lexikon — dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Catalan: lèxic — lexicology of a programming language
• Finnish: sanasto — lexicology of a programming language
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio) — lexicology of a programming language
• Icelandic: orðasafn — lexicology of a programming language
• Italian: lessico — lexicology of a programming language
• Portuguese: léxico — lexicology of a programming language
• Finnish: sanakirja — (rare) any dictionary
• German: Lexikon — (rare) any dictionary
• Greek: λεξικό (lexikó) — (rare) any dictionary
• Hungarian: szótár — (rare) any dictionary
• Icelandic: orðabók — (rare) any dictionary
• Icelandic: orðasafn — (rare) any dictionary
• Irish: foclóir — (rare) any dictionary
• Italian: lessico — (rare) any dictionary
• Lithuanian: žodynas — (rare) any dictionary
• Lithuanian: leksikonas — (rare) any dictionary
• Polish: słownik — (rare) any dictionary
• Portuguese: léxico — (rare) any dictionary
• Russian: лексико́н (leksikón) — (rare) any dictionary
• Russian: слова́рь (slovárʹ) — (rare) any dictionary
• Spanish: léxico — (rare) any dictionary
• Bulgarian: речников запас (rečnikov zapas) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Finnish: sanavarasto — vocabulary used by an individual
• French: lexique — vocabulary used by an individual
• German: Wortschatz — vocabulary used by an individual
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Hungarian: szókincs — vocabulary used by an individual
• Hungarian: szókészlet — vocabulary used by an individual
• Icelandic: orðabók — vocabulary used by an individual
• Icelandic: orðasafn — vocabulary used by an individual
• Icelandic: lesforði — vocabulary used by an individual
• Icelandic: lessafn — vocabulary used by an individual
• Italian: lessico — vocabulary used by an individual
• Italian: vocabolario — vocabulary used by an individual
• Polish: leksykon — vocabulary used by an individual
• Polish: słownictwo — vocabulary used by an individual
• Portuguese: vocabulário — vocabulary used by an individual
• Russian: лексико́н (leksikón) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Russian: запа́с слов (zapás slov) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Russian: лекси́ческий запа́с (leksíčeskij zapás) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Russian: ле́ксика (léksika) — vocabulary used by an individual
• Bulgarian: специален речник (specialen rečnik) — subject-specific vocabulary
• Finnish: sanasto — subject-specific vocabulary
• French: champ lexical — subject-specific vocabulary
• Hungarian: szószedet — subject-specific vocabulary
• Hungarian: szókészlet — subject-specific vocabulary
• Hungarian: szakszótár — subject-specific vocabulary
• Polish: leksyk — subject-specific vocabulary
• Polish: słownictwo — subject-specific vocabulary
• Portuguese: vocabulário — subject-specific vocabulary