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語彙 — meaning in English

goi

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English meaning

  • glossary noun An alphabetical list of specialist or unfamiliar terms with short explanations, usually placed at the back of a book or on a website.
  • lexicon noun The full stock of words in a language, in a field, or known to a particular person.
  • vocabulary noun All the words someone knows and uses, or all the words belonging to a particular subject or language.

Senses

語彙 is used for these senses in English:

  • glossary A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
  • lexicon The vocabulary of a language.
  • vocabulary The collection of words a person knows and uses.
  • vocabulary The stock of words used in a particular field.
  • vocabulary (by extension) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.

lexicon — full definition

  1. noun The full stock of words in a language, in a field, or known to a particular person.
  2. noun A dictionary, especially one covering a specialized or classical language.

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