lexicology

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- +‎ -logy.

Noun

lexicology (countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)

1. (uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
   • 1949, Journal of Theological Studies:

     The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.

2. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Derived terms

• computational lexicology
• lexicological
• lexicologically
• lexicologist

Related terms

• lexical
• lexicography
• lexicon

Translations

linguistic discipline

• Albanian: leksikologji (sq) f
• Armenian: բառագիտություն (hy) (baṙagitutʻyun), բառաքննություն (hy) (baṙakʻnnutʻyun)
• Belarusian: лексікало́гія f (ljeksikalóhija)
• Catalan: lexicologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞し彙學／词汇学がく (zh) (cíhuìxué)

• Czech: lexikologie (cs) f
• Dutch: lexicologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: leksikologio
• Finnish: sanasto-oppi (fi), leksikologia (fi)
• French: lexicologie (fr) f
• German: Lexikologie (de) f
• Icelandic: orðfræði f
• Interlingua: lexicologia
• Irish: foclóireolaíocht f
• Japanese: 語彙ごい論ろん (ja) (ごいろん, goiron)
• Kazakh: лексикология (leksikologiä)
• Khmer: វចនវិទ្យា (km) (vea’ja’na’ vityie)
• Korean: 어휘학 (ko) (eohwihak)
• Lithuanian: leksikologija f
• Polish: leksykologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: lexicologia (pt) f
• Romanian: lexicologie (ro) f
• Russian: лексиколо́гия (ru) f (leksikológija)
• Serbo-Croatian: leksikologija (sh) f
• Slovene: leksikologija (sl) f, besedoslovje n
• Spanish: lexicología (es) f
• Turkish: sözlük bilimi (tr), leksikoloji (tr)
• Udmurt: кыллыктодон (kyllyktodon)
• Volapük: vödabukav

See also

• semantics