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lexical
- /ˈlɛksɪkəl/
Where it comes from
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
adjective
- Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language. So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo- gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric- tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are no
- Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
- Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word. a lexical verb
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Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
Similar: lexicographic, lexicographical
Similar: lexic
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: linguistic, vocabular, lexic, lexicographic, lexicological, lexemic, dictionary, verbal, philological, semantic, morphological, nomenclatural, phrasal, terminological, lexiconic, lexicosyntactic
adjective
Similar: lexic
Translations
Every language
adj of a language's vocabulary
| Español | léxico, lexical |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 어휘적 eohwijeok |
| 日本語 | 語彙的 goiteki |
| 中文 | 詞彙的 /词汇的 cíhuì de |
| Português | léxico, lexical |
| Français | lexical |
| Deutsch | lexikalisch |
| Italiano | lessicale |
| Русский | лекси́ческий leksíčeskij |
| العربية | مُعْجَمِيّ muʕjamiyy, مُفْرَدَاتِيّ mufradātiyy |
adj of a dictionary
| Español | léxico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 語彙的 goiteki |
| 中文 | 詞典的 /词典的 cídiǎn de |
| Português | léxico, lexical |
| Русский | слова́рный slovárnyj |
| العربية | قَامُوسِيّ qāmūsiyy |
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title = {lexical},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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