leksikon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English lexicon, from Medieval Latin or New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, a lexicon), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, of words), from λέξις (léxis, a saying, speech, word), from λέγειν (légein, to speak).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

leksikon

  1. the vocabulary of a language
  2. (linguistics) a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (βιβλίον) (lexikón (biblíon), lexicon), derived from λέξις (léxis, saying, speech, word), derived from λέγω (légō, to speak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊sikʰʌn]

Noun

leksikon n (singular definite leksikonet, plural indefinite leksika or leksikoner)

  1. encyclopedia (a comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects)
  2. lexicon (the entire vocabulary in a given language)

Inflection

Declension of leksikon
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leksikon leksikonet leksikoner
leksika
leksikonerne
leksikaene
genitive leksikons leksikonets leksikoners
leksikas
leksikonernes
leksikaenes

See also

Finnish

Noun

leksikon

  1. genitive singular of leksikko

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón).

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksika or leksikon or leksikoner, definite plural leksikaene or leksikona or leksikonene)

  1. an encyclopaedia
  2. a dictionary (now rare)
  3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón).

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksikon, definite plural leksikona)

  1. an encyclopaedia
  2. (now rare) a dictionary
  3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Inflection

  • With the spelling reform of 2012, the Greek plural leksika was made obsolete.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěksikoːn/
  • Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

lèksikōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling лѐксико̄н)

  1. lexicon

Declension

Declension of leksikon
singular plural
nominative leksikon leksikoni
genitive leksikona leksikona
dative leksikonu leksikonima
accusative leksikon leksikone
vocative leksikone leksikoni
locative leksikonu leksikonima
instrumental leksikonom leksikonima