vocabulary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəʊ-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-jʊ-/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /vəˈkabjələɹɪj/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /vəw-/
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• Canada, General-American: /voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛɹ.i/
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• Canada, General-American: /və-/
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• Australian: /vəˈkæb.jʊ.lə.ɹi/
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• Australian: /vəʉ-/
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• Scotland: /vəˈkab.jə.lə.ɾe/
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• Scotland: /vo-/
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• CMU ARPABET: V OW0 K AE1 B Y AH0 L EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekw-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokw-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dhlomder. Latin -bulum Latin vocābulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin -ārium Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor. English vocabulary Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.

296 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَسْرَد (masrad) — list of words
• Arabic: مَسارِد (masārid) — list of words
• Belarusian: тэрмінало́гія (terminalóhija) — list of words
• Belarusian: тэрміналёгія (terminaljóhija) — list of words
• Belarusian: сло́ўнік (slównik) — list of words
• Bulgarian: ре́чник (réčnik) — list of words
• Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (wau:hara.) — list of words
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞彙表 /词汇表 (cíhuìbiǎo) — list of words
• Czech: slovník — list of words
• Danish: ordforråd — list of words
• Danish: vokabularium — list of words
• Danish: ordliste — list of words
• Dutch: woordenlijst — list of words
• Dutch: woordenschat — list of words
• Esperanto: vortaro — list of words
• Finnish: sanasto — list of words
• French: vocabulaire — list of words
• Galician: vocabulario — list of words
• Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa) — list of words
• Georgian: სიტყვარი (siṭq̇vari) — list of words
• German: Wortliste — list of words
• German: Wörterverzeichnis — list of words
• German: Glossar — list of words
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio) — list of words
• Hawaiian: papa ʻōlelo — list of words
• Hindi: शब्दावली (śabdāvlī) — list of words
• Hungarian: szójegyzék — list of words
• Hungarian: szólista — list of words
• Hungarian: szószedet — list of words
• Hungarian: glosszárium — list of words
• Indonesian: kosakata — list of words
• Indonesian: perbendaharaan kata — list of words
• Irish: foclóirín — list of words
• Italian: vocabolario — list of words
• Japanese: 語彙集 (goishū) — list of words
• Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap) — list of words
• Korean: 어휘집 (eohwijip) — list of words
• Lao: ຄໍາສັບ (kham sap) — list of words
• Malay: kosa kata — list of words
• Māori: rārangi kupu — list of words
• Marathi: शब्दसंग्रह (śabdasaṅgrah) — list of words
• Mongolian: толь бичиг (tolʹ bičig) — list of words
• Norwegian Bokmål: vokabular — list of words
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordliste — list of words
• Iranian Persian: واژِگان (vâžegân) — list of words
• Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz — list of words
• Polish: słownictwo — list of words
• Portuguese: vocabulário — list of words
• Romanian: glosar — list of words
• Romanian: vocabular — list of words
• Russian: терминоло́гия (terminológija) — list of words
• Russian: номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra) — list of words
• Russian: слова́рь (slovárʹ) — list of words
• Russian: вокабуля́рий (vokabuljárij) — list of words
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas — list of words
• Scottish Gaelic: faclair — list of words
• Scottish Gaelic: stòr-fhacal — list of words
• Spanish: vocabulario — list of words
• Swahili: msamiati — list of words
• Swedish: ordlista — list of words
• Swedish: vokabulär — list of words
• Tagalog: talasalitaan — list of words
• Thai: คําศัพท์ (kam-sàp) — list of words
• Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lügat) — list of words
• Ukrainian: терміноло́гія (terminolóhija) — list of words
• Ukrainian: словни́к (slovnýk) — list of words
• Urdu: فَرْہَن٘گ (farhaṅg) — list of words
• Vietnamese: từ vựng — list of words
• Welsh: geirfa — list of words
• Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר (vokabular) — list of words
• Afrikaans: woordeskat — set of words a person knows
• Arabic: مُفْرَدَات (mufradāt) — set of words a person knows
• Arabic: ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya) — set of words a person knows
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar) — set of words a person knows
• Azerbaijani: söz ehtiyatı — set of words a person knows
• Belarusian: сло́ўнікавы запа́с (slównikavy zapás) — set of words a person knows
• Belarusian: запа́с слоў (zapás slow) — set of words a person knows
• Belarusian: лексіко́н (ljeksikón) — set of words a person knows
• Belarusian: ле́ксіка (ljéksika) — set of words a person knows
• Bulgarian: сло́вно бога́тство (slóvno bogátstvo) — set of words a person knows
• Bulgarian: ле́ксика (léksika) — set of words a person knows
• Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (wau:hara.) — set of words a person knows
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞匯 /词汇 (cíhuì) — set of words a person knows
• Chinese Mandarin: 語匯 /语汇 (yǔhuì) — set of words a person knows
• Chinese Mandarin: 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì) — set of words a person knows
• Crimean Tatar: qamus — set of words a person knows
• Czech: slovní zásoba — set of words a person knows
• Danish: ordforråd — set of words a person knows
• Danish: vokabularium — set of words a person knows
• Dutch: woordenschat — set of words a person knows
• Dutch: vocabulaire — set of words a person knows
• Esperanto: vortprovizo — set of words a person knows
• Estonian: sõnavara — set of words a person knows
• Finnish: sanavarasto — set of words a person knows
• French: vocabulaire — set of words a person knows
• French: lexique — set of words a person knows
• Galician: vocabulario — set of words a person knows
• Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa) — set of words a person knows
• Georgian: სიტყვათა მარაგი (siṭq̇vata maragi) — set of words a person knows
• German: Wortschatz — set of words a person knows
• German: Vokabular — set of words a person knows
• German: Vokabularium — set of words a person knows
• Greek: λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio) — set of words a person knows
• Hawaiian: huina ʻōlelo — set of words a person knows
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár milím) — set of words a person knows
• Hindi: शब्दावली (śabdāvlī) — set of words a person knows
• Hungarian: szókincs — set of words a person knows
• Icelandic: orðaforði — set of words a person knows
• Italian: vocabolario — set of words a person knows
• Japanese: 語彙 (goi) — set of words a person knows
• Japanese: 語彙力 (goiryoku) — set of words a person knows
• Kazakh: сөз байлығы (söz bailyğy) — set of words a person knows
• Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap) — set of words a person knows
• Korean: 어휘 (eohwi) — set of words a person knows
• Korean: 어휘력 (eohwiryeok) — set of words a person knows
• Kyrgyz: сөзкурам (sözkuram) — set of words a person knows
• Lao: ຄໍາສັບ (kham sap) — set of words a person knows
• Latvian: vārdu krājums — set of words a person knows
• Latvian: vokabulārs — set of words a person knows
• Latvian: leksika — set of words a person knows
• Lithuanian: žodynas — set of words a person knows
• Lithuanian: leksika — set of words a person knows
• Macedonian: вокабула́р (vokabulár) — set of words a person knows
• Macedonian: речник (rečnik) — set of words a person knows
• Malay: kosa kata — set of words a person knows
• Norwegian Bokmål: vokabular — set of words a person knows
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordforråd — set of words a person knows
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordtilfang — set of words a person knows
• Old English: no such word attested — set of words a person knows
• Old English: perhaps closest is wordhord — set of words a person knows
• Iranian Persian: واژِگان (vâžegân) — set of words a person knows
• Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz — set of words a person knows
• Polish: słownictwo — set of words a person knows
• Polish: słownik — set of words a person knows
• Polish: zasób słowny — set of words a person knows
• Portuguese: vocabulário — set of words a person knows
• Romanian: vocabular — set of words a person knows
• Russian: слова́рь (slovárʹ) — set of words a person knows
• Russian: слова́рный запа́с (slovárnyj zapás) — set of words a person knows
• Russian: запа́с слов (zapás slov) — set of words a person knows
• Russian: лексико́н (leksikón) — set of words a person knows
• Russian: ле́ксика (léksika) — set of words a person knows
• Russian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — set of words a person knows
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: вокабу̀ла̄р — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: ре̑чнӣк — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: рје̑чнӣк — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: vokabùlār — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: rȇčnīk — set of words a person knows
• Serbo-Croatian: rjȇčnīk — set of words a person knows
• Slovak: slovná zásoba — set of words a person knows
• Slovene: besedni zaklad — set of words a person knows
• Slovene: besedišče — set of words a person knows
• Spanish: vocabulario — set of words a person knows
• Swahili: msamiati — set of words a person knows
• Swedish: ordförråd — set of words a person knows
• Swedish: vokabulär — set of words a person knows
• Tagalog: sansalitaan — set of words a person knows
• Thai: คําศัพท์ (kam-sàp) — set of words a person knows
• Thai: วงศัพท์ (wong-sàp) — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: kelime hazinesi — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: kelime kadrosu — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: söz dağarcığı — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: söz hazinesi — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: söz varlığı — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: sözcük hazinesi — set of words a person knows
• Turkish: vokabüler — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: запа́с слів (zapás sliv) — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: словнико́вий запа́с (slovnykóvyj zapás) — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: ле́ксика (léksyka) — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: лексико́н (leksykón) — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: словни́к (slovnýk) — set of words a person knows
• Ukrainian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — set of words a person knows
• Vietnamese: từ vựng — set of words a person knows
• Welsh: geirfa — set of words a person knows
• Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר (vokabular) — set of words a person knows
• Arabic: مُفْرَدَات (mufradāt) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Arabic: ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Arabic: مُصْطَلَحات (muṣṭalaḥāt) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Bulgarian: терминоло́гия (terminológija) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞匯 /词汇 (cíhuì) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Chinese Mandarin: 語匯 /语汇 (yǔhuì) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Chinese Mandarin: 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Danish: ordforråd — stock of words used in a particular field
• Danish: vokabularium — stock of words used in a particular field
• Danish: vokabular — stock of words used in a particular field
• Dutch: woordenschat — stock of words used in a particular field
• Dutch: terminologie — stock of words used in a particular field
• Dutch: vakterminologie — stock of words used in a particular field
• Dutch: vocabulaire — stock of words used in a particular field
• Estonian: erialasõnavara — stock of words used in a particular field
• Estonian: oskussõnavara — stock of words used in a particular field
• Estonian: terminoloogia — stock of words used in a particular field
• Finnish: sanasto — stock of words used in a particular field
• French: vocabulaire — stock of words used in a particular field
• Galician: vocabulario — stock of words used in a particular field
• Georgian: სიტყვარი (siṭq̇vari) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa) — stock of words used in a particular field
• German: Vokabular — stock of words used in a particular field
• German: Wortschatz — stock of words used in a particular field
• German: Wortvorrat — stock of words used in a particular field
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár millím) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Hindi: शब्दावली (śabdāvlī) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Hungarian: szókincs — stock of words used in a particular field
• Italian: vocabolario — stock of words used in a particular field
• Japanese: 用語 (yōgo) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Korean: 용어 (yong'eo) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Malay: kosa kata — stock of words used in a particular field
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordforråd — stock of words used in a particular field
• Norwegian Bokmål: vokabular — stock of words used in a particular field
• Polish: słownictwo — stock of words used in a particular field
• Polish: nomenklatura — stock of words used in a particular field
• Portuguese: vocabulário — stock of words used in a particular field
• Portuguese: terminologia — stock of words used in a particular field
• Romanian: vocabular — stock of words used in a particular field
• Russian: терминоло́гия (terminológija) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Russian: ле́ксика (léksika) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Russian: номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Russian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas — stock of words used in a particular field
• Scottish Gaelic: stòr-fhacal — stock of words used in a particular field
• Spanish: vocabulario — stock of words used in a particular field
• Swahili: msamiati — stock of words used in a particular field
• Swedish: ordförråd — stock of words used in a particular field
• Swedish: vokabulär — stock of words used in a particular field
• Tagalog: sansalitaan — stock of words used in a particular field
• Turkish: terminoloji — stock of words used in a particular field
• Ukrainian: терміноло́гія (terminolóhija) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Ukrainian: ле́ксика (léksyka) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Ukrainian: номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Ukrainian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — stock of words used in a particular field
• Welsh: geirfa — stock of words used in a particular field
• Afrikaans: woordeskat — words of a language collectively
• Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (mafradāt) — words of a language collectively
• Armenian: բառապաշար (baṙapašar) — words of a language collectively
• Bulgarian: ре́чников съста́в (réčnikov sǎstáv) — words of a language collectively
• Catalan: vocabulari — words of a language collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞彙 /词汇 (cíhuì) — words of a language collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 語彙 /语汇 (yǔhuì) — words of a language collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì) — words of a language collectively
• Danish: ordforråd — words of a language collectively
• Dutch: woordenschat — words of a language collectively
• Dutch: vocabulaire — words of a language collectively
• Estonian: sõnavara — words of a language collectively
• Faroese: orðatilfar — words of a language collectively
• Faroese: orðfeingi — words of a language collectively
• Finnish: sanasto — words of a language collectively
• French: lexique — words of a language collectively
• French: vocabulaire — words of a language collectively
• Galician: vocabulario — words of a language collectively
• Georgian: სიტყვათა მარაგი (siṭq̇vata maragi) — words of a language collectively
• Georgian: ლექსიკა (leksiḳa) — words of a language collectively
• German: Vokabular — words of a language collectively
• German: Wortschatz — words of a language collectively
• Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár millím) — words of a language collectively
• Hindi: शब्दावली (śabdāvlī) — words of a language collectively
• Hungarian: szókincs — words of a language collectively
• Icelandic: orðaforði — words of a language collectively
• Ingrian: slovari — words of a language collectively
• Italian: vocabolario — words of a language collectively
• Japanese: 語彙 (goi) — words of a language collectively
• Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ (viəkyaʼsap) — words of a language collectively
• Korean: 어휘 (eohwi) — words of a language collectively
• Macedonian: вокабула́р (vokabulár) — words of a language collectively
• Malay: kosa kata — words of a language collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordforråd — words of a language collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: vokabular — words of a language collectively
• Polish: słownictwo — words of a language collectively
• Polish: leksyka — words of a language collectively
• Portuguese: vocabulário — words of a language collectively
• Romanian: vocabular — words of a language collectively
• Romanian: lexic — words of a language collectively
• Russian: слова́рный запа́с (slovárnyj zapás) — words of a language collectively
• Russian: слова́рный соста́в (slovárnyj sostáv) — words of a language collectively
• Russian: ле́ксика (léksika) — words of a language collectively
• Russian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — words of a language collectively
• Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas — words of a language collectively
• Scottish Gaelic: stòr-fhacal — words of a language collectively
• Serbo-Croatian: вокабу̀ла̄р — words of a language collectively
• Serbo-Croatian: vokabùlār — words of a language collectively
• Spanish: vocabulario — words of a language collectively
• Spanish: léxico — words of a language collectively
• Swahili: msamiati — words of a language collectively
• Swedish: ordförråd — words of a language collectively
• Swedish: vokabulär — words of a language collectively
• Tagalog: sansalitaan — words of a language collectively
• Thai: คําศัพท์ (kam-sàp) — words of a language collectively
• Turkish: vokabüler — words of a language collectively
• Udmurt: кылолык (kylolyk) — words of a language collectively
• Ukrainian: ле́ксика (léksyka) — words of a language collectively
• Ukrainian: лекси́чний запа́с (leksýčnyj zapás) — words of a language collectively
• Ukrainian: словни́к (slovnýk) — words of a language collectively
• Ukrainian: вокабуля́р (vokabuljár) — words of a language collectively
• Vietnamese: từ vựng — words of a language collectively
• Welsh: geirfa — words of a language collectively