Definition
* The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge: the size of the English lexicon A dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic: a Greek–Latin lexicon * synonyms: dictionary, wordbook, vocabulary list, glossary, wordfinder; reference book, phrase book, concordance, thesaurus, encyclopedia Linguistics The complete set of meaningful units in a language.hello
Origin
Early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) ‘(book) of words’, from lexis ‘word’, from legein ‘speak’.
English
- lexicon
- dictionary
- wordbook
- vocabulary list
- glossary
- thesaurus encyclopedia
Dutch
- woordenschat
- vocabulaire
- woordenboek