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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

deictic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdeɪktɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdaɪktɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context.
  2. Directly pointing out; specifying.

Forms

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more deictic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most deictic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Coordinates

homophoric

Deriveds

deictic center · nondeictic · deictically

Hypernyms

exophoric

Translations (9)

ru дейкти́ческий (pertaining to deixis) · sv deiktisk (pertaining to deixis) · cs deiktický (pertaining to deixis) · eo deikta (pertaining to deixis) · fr déictique (pertaining to deixis) · es deíctico (pertaining to deixis) · pl deiktyczny (pertaining to deixis) · de deiktisch (pertaining to deixis) · ca díctic (pertaining to deixis)

deictic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdeɪktɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdaɪktɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).

Meanings

  1. Such a word (such as I or here).

Forms

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deictics Number=Plur lexicographic

Hyponyms

pronoun