What is Lexicon?

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lexicon

/ˈlɛksɪk(ə)n/

noun

noun: lexicon; plural noun: lexicons

• the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge. e.g. “the size of the English lexicon”

A dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.

• “a Greek–Latin lexicon”
• Similar:
• dictionary
• wordbook
• vocabulary list
• glossary
• wordfinder
• reference book
• phrase book
• concordance
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia

LINGUISTICS

• the complete set of meaningful units in a language.

Origin

early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) ‘(book) of words’, from lexis ‘word’, from legein ‘speak’.

Use over time for: lexicon