Standard Lemma guide

Lexie

name · noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈlɛksi/
  • rhymes with -ɛksi
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 K S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female nickname, diminutive of the given names Alexis, Alexia, Alexandra or Alexandria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literary theory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Diminutives + -ie.

From the French lexie, originating in the writings of Roland Barthes. Further from Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs, “a saying, a word”).