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lexicology in French

lexicology in French is lexicologie — lexicology means the branch of linguistics concerned with words: their nature and meaning, the parts they are made of, the relations between words including relations of meaning, groups of words, and the lexicon as a whole.

lexicology in French

lexicologie
noun
(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.

What does "lexicology" mean?

  1. noun The branch of linguistics concerned with words: their nature and meaning, the parts they are made of, the relations between words including relations of meaning, groups of words, and the lexicon as a whole.
    "The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively."
  2. noun A particular theory about how a language's vocabulary works.
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lexicology in a sentence

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

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What is "lexicology" in French?
"lexicology" in French is lexicologie. lexicology means: The branch of linguistics concerned with words: their nature and meaning, the parts they are made of, the relations between words including relations of meaning, groups of words, and the lexicon as a whole.
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