lexical

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, word) + -al.

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Adjective

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lexical (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137:
      So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
      complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
      gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
      tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are not associated with
      every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are
      lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items,
      so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range
      of complements).
  2. (linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
  3. (linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
    a lexical verb
  4. (chiefly computing) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
    Synonyms: lexicographic, lexicographical

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Derived terms

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terms derived from lexical (adjective)
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French

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Etymology

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From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, word) + -al.

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Adjective

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lexical (feminine lexicale, masculine plural lexicaux, feminine plural lexicales)

  1. lexical

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From léxico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: le‧xi‧cal

Adjective

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lexical m or f (plural lexicais)

  1. lexical (concerning the words of a language)
    Synonym: léxico

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lexical. By surface analysis, lexic +‎ -al.

Adjective

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lexical m or n (feminine singular lexicală, masculine plural lexicali, feminine and neuter plural lexicale)

  1. lexical

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leɡsiˈkal/ [leɣ̞.siˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: le‧xi‧cal

Adjective

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lexical m or f (masculine and feminine plural lexicales)

  1. lexical

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