Dictionary

lexical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛksɪkəl/
• (Southern-England) audio
• lĕ'ksĭkəl

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
   • 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). 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137:
2. (not-comparable) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
3. (not-comparable) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word.
   • a lexical verb
4. (not-comparable) Relating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.

Deriveds

lexicalist (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · nonlexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical aspect (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexicalize (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical resource (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · monolexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexically (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical definition (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical gap (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical category (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical unit (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical simplification (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · alexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical middle voice (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · bilexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical substitution (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · prelexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · morpholexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · non-lexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · intralexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · supralexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexicality (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical analysis (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical semantics (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · paralexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · grammaticolexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · postlexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical scoping (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical choice (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · psycholexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · interlexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical correspondence (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical scope (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · panlexicalist (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical bundle (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical innovation (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical density (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · pseudolexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexicalism (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · delexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · sublexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · extralexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical analyzer (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical item (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical word (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · unlexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical set (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexicase (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · lexical verb (terms derived from lexical (adjective)) · polylexical (terms derived from lexical (adjective))

Relateds

lexicon · lexeme · lexicalisation · lexicalization · lexis

Synonyms

lexic · lexicographic · lexicographical

Translations (57)

ga foclóireachta (of a language's vocabulary) · uk словнико́вий (of a dictionary) · da leksikal (of a dictionary) · be лексі́чны (of a language's vocabulary) · es lexical (of a language's vocabulary) · nl lexikaal (of a language's vocabulary) · mk лексички (of a language's vocabulary) · mn үгийн (of a language's vocabulary) · ga foclóireachta (of a dictionary) · cmn 詞典的 /词典的 (of a dictionary) · es léxico (of a dictionary) · bg ре́чников (of a dictionary) · ar قَامُوسِيّ (of a dictionary) · es léxico (of a language's vocabulary) · tg луғавӣ (of a language's vocabulary) · ja 語彙的 (of a dictionary) · ko 어휘적 (of a language's vocabulary) · gd faclaireil (of a dictionary) · ga léacsach (of a language's vocabulary) · sv lexikalisk (of a dictionary) · pl słownikowy (of a dictionary) · ja 語彙的 (of a language's vocabulary) · ru слова́рный (of a dictionary) · pt léxico (of a dictionary) · ca lèxic (of a language's vocabulary) · it lessicale (of a language's vocabulary) · fr lexical (of a language's vocabulary) · uk лекси́чний (of a language's vocabulary) · cmn 詞彙的 /词汇的 (of a language's vocabulary) · lt žodyninis (of a dictionary) · pt léxico (of a language's vocabulary) · pt lexical (of a dictionary) · ar مُفْرَدَاتِيّ (of a language's vocabulary) · cs lexikální (of a dictionary) · be сло́ўнікавы (of a dictionary) · ar مُعْجَمِيّ (of a language's vocabulary) · fi leksikaalinen (of a dictionary) · da leksikal (of a language's vocabulary) · eo leksika (of a language's vocabulary) · de lexikalisch (of a language's vocabulary) · sk lexikálny (of a dictionary) · gl lexical (of a language's vocabulary) · ru лекси́ческий (of a language's vocabulary) · fa لغوی (of a language's vocabulary) · gl léxico (of a language's vocabulary) · ga léacsach (of a dictionary) · sk lexikálny (of a language's vocabulary) · ca lèxic (of a dictionary) · sv lexikalisk (of a language's vocabulary) · gl léxico (of a dictionary) · pt lexical (of a language's vocabulary) · kk лексикалық (of a language's vocabulary) · lt leksinis (of a language's vocabulary) · cs lexikální (of a language's vocabulary) · fi sanastollinen (of a language's vocabulary) · pl leksykalny (of a language's vocabulary) · bg лексика́лен (of a language's vocabulary)