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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lex•i•con /ˈlɛksɪˌkɑn, -kən/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ca /-kə/USA pronunciation -cons. - a list, wordbook, or dictionary of a language.
- Linguisticsthe vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lex•i•con (lek′si kon′, -kən),USA pronunciation n., pl. lex•i•ca (lek′si kə),USA pronunciation lex•i•cons. - a wordbook or dictionary, esp. of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
- Linguisticsthe vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.
- inventory or record:unparalleled in the lexicon of human relations.
- Linguistics
- Linguisticsthe total inventory of morphemes in a given language.
- Linguisticsthe inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes.
- Medieval Greek, Greek lexikón, noun, nominal use of neuter of lexikós of words, equivalent. to léx(is) speech, word (see lexis) + -ikos -ic
- Medieval Latin
- 1595–1605
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged glossary, thesaurus, gloss, concordance.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lexicon /ˈlɛksɪkən/ n - a dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew
- a list of terms relating to a particular subject
- the vocabulary of a language or of an individual
- the set of all the morphemes of a language
Etymology: 17th Century: New Latin, from Greek lexikon, n use of lexikos relating to words, from Greek lexis word, from legein to speak |