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lexical

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/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
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/ˈlɛksɪkəl/

Translations

lexicaladjective
more lexical
Comp.
most lexical
Super.
UK
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
US
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
lexicalLinguistique.
The dictionary provides a comprehensive lexical analysis of the English language.
Le dictionnaire fournit une analyse lexicale complète de la langue anglaise.
lexicalLinguistique : qui relève des mots lexicaux, par opposition aux mots grammaticaux.
In the phrase "the quick brown fox", only "quick", "brown", and "fox" are lexical items.
Dans l’expression « the quick brown fox », seuls « quick », « brown » et « fox » sont des unités lexicales.
Additional translations
du lexiqueVariante plus explicative en contexte linguistique.
Synonyms
linguistic
terminological
verbal
vocabulary
dictionary
lexicalnoun
lexicals
pl
UK
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
US
/ˈlɛksɪkəl/
Used in linguistics to denote a lexical item or word; occurs mainly in academic contexts.
lexèmeEn linguistique, pour désigner une unité lexicale considérée comme entrée du lexique.
In the corpus, each lexical is tagged with its part of speech.
Dans le corpus, chaque lexème est étiqueté avec sa catégorie grammaticale.
Additional translations
unité lexicaleVariante plus descriptive, selon le contexte de la linguistique.
Synonyms
term
lexeme
lexical item
word
vocabulary item
lemma
entry

Definitions

lexicaladjective
Relating to the words or vocabulary of a language.
The dictionary provides a comprehensive lexical analysis of the English language.
Belonging to the class of content words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) in a language, as distinguished from function words such as articles and prepositions.
In the phrase "the quick brown fox", only "quick", "brown", and "fox" are lexical items.
lexicalnoun
A lexical item; a single word or vocabulary unit regarded in terms of its meaning and function in language.
In the corpus, each lexical is tagged with its part of speech.
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