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7-letter words (1 found)

LEXICON,

6-letter words (3 found)

CINEOL,ENOLIC,EXONIC,

5-letter words (11 found)

CLINE,CLONE,COLIN,ELOIN,INCEL,INCLE,LOCIE,NICOL,OLEIC,OLEIN,XENIC,

4-letter words (32 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CION,CLON,COIL,COIN,COLE,CONE,CONI,ENOL,EXON,ICON,ILEX,LENO,LICE,LIEN,LINE,LINO,LION,LOCI,LOIN,LONE,NICE,NIXE,NOEL,NOIL,NOLE,ONCE,ONIE,OXEN,OXIC,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEL,COL,CON,COX,ECO,EON,EXO,ICE,ION,LEI,LEX,LIE,LIN,LOX,NIE,NIL,NIX,NOX,OIL,OLE,ONE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EL,EN,EX,IN,IO,LI,LO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OX,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from lexicon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lexicon

lexicon

Etymology

Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɒn/
  • (US) enPR: lĕk'sĭkŏn, IPA(key): /ˈlɛk.sɪ.kɑn/

Noun

lexicon (plural lexica or lexicons)

  1. The vocabulary of a language.
    Synonyms: word-hoard, word-stock
    Coordinate term: lexis
  2. (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
    Synonym: wordbook
  3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
  4. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
  5. (rare) Any dictionary.
  6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
    Coordinate term: idiolect
  7. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
    1. A list thereof.
      Synonym: glossary

Derived terms

  • mini-lexicon
  • generative lexicon

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Translations

Further reading

  • “lexicon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “lexicon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • lexonic

Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lexi‧con

Noun

lexicon n (plural lexicons or lexica, diminutive lexiconnetje n)

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) lexicon

Further reading

  • lexicon on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Latin

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), which is an ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Attested at least since Girolamo Aleandro's Lexicon graeco-latinum, multis et praeclaris additionibus locupletatum (1512).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.si.kon/, [ˈɫ̪ɛks̠ɪkɔn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.si.kon/, [ˈlɛksikon]

Noun

lexicon n (genitive lexicī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) a dictionary, a lexicon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Descendants

  • → Dutch: lexicon m
  • → German: Lexikon, Lexicon
    • → Czech: lexikon
    • → Hungarian: lexikon (“encyclopedia”)
    • → Swedish: lexikon
  • → Middle French: lexicon m
    • French: lexique m
    • → English: lexicon (possibly; or directly from Latin)

References

  • “lexicon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lexicon in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lexicon or French lexicon.

Noun

lexicon n (plural lexicoane)

  1. lexicon

Declension


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