Dictionary

headword en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛdwɝd/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɛdwɜːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).

Meanings

1. A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
2. The head of a phrase.
   • In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.

Forms

Coordinates

heading · head · lemma · rubric · subheading · subhead

Deriveds

subheadword

Hypernyms

definiendum

Relateds

canonical form · basic form · dictionary form · lemma · citation form

Translations (52)

gd ceannfhacal (word used as the title of a section) · rsk одреднїца (word used as the title of a section) · bg загла́вна ду́ма (word used as the title of a section) · ga ceannfhocal (word used as the title of a section) · fi hakusana (word used as the title of a section) · hu alaptag (word modified by an adjunct) · fi pääsana (word modified by an adjunct) · uk заголо́вне сло́во (word used as the title of a section) · hu fej (word modified by an adjunct) · ja 見出し語 (word used as the title of a section) · ka ვოკაბულა (word used as the title of a section) · hu címszó (word used as the title of a section) · fi jälkiosa (word modified by an adjunct) · ca entrada (word used as the title of a section) · cy prifair (word used as the title of a section) · es lema (word used as the title of a section) · eo kapvorto (word used as the title of a section) · hy գլխաբառ (word used as the title of a section) · nl trefwoord (word used as the title of a section) · es palabra encabezada (word used as the title of a section) · nb oppslagsord (word used as the title of a section) · es palabra cefálica (word used as the title of a section) · sv stickord (word used as the title of a section) · sw kidahizo (word used as the title of a section) · de Stichpunkt (word used as the title of a section) · lv šķirklis (word used as the title of a section) · cmn 字頭 /字头 (word used as the title of a section) · ka სასათაურო სიტყვა (word used as the title of a section) · sv uppslagsord (word used as the title of a section) · pl wyraz nadrzędny (word modified by an adjunct) · fr mot vedette (word used as the title of a section) · cmn 標題字 /标题字 (word used as the title of a section) · ko 표제어 (word used as the title of a section) · de Stichwort (word used as the title of a section) · pt entrada (word used as the title of a section) · es pieza léxica (word used as the title of a section) · es palabra de cabeza (word used as the title of a section) · cmn 詞頭 /词头 (word used as the title of a section) · es entrada (word used as the title of a section) · be загало́ўнае сло́ва (word used as the title of a section) · fr vedette (word used as the title of a section) · es lexía (word used as the title of a section) · it voce (word used as the title of a section) · ro cuvânt-titlu (word used as the title of a section) · hu főtag (word modified by an adjunct) · pl nadrzędnik (word modified by an adjunct) · pl hasło (word used as the title of a section) · es palabra principal (word used as the title of a section) · es palabra capital (word used as the title of a section) · de Schlagwort (word used as the title of a section) · mi kupu matua (word used as the title of a section) · ru загла́вное сло́во (word used as the title of a section)