Dictionary

lexicographer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌleksɪˈkɔɡɹəfə(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfɚ/ (General-American)
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• [ˌleksəˈkɔ̟ɡɹəfə(ɹ)] (New-Zealand)
• /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher.

Meanings

1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
   • The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem. 1860, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Biographies contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica:
   • Would-be lexicographers beware: this job comes with a health warning – you will never look at words in the same way again. 2007 May 10, Emily Ford, “How do I become… a lexicographer?”, in The Times, London:
   • Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do. 1811, George Gordon Byron, Hints from Horace:
   • Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words. [1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Lexico′grapher”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

metalexicographer

Relateds

lexicon · lexicography · lexicologist

Synonyms

lexicographist · dictionarist · dictionarian

Translations (65)

hy բառարանագիր (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · lt žodýnininkė (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · da leksikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · it lessicografa (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · es lexicógrafo (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · cmn 詞典編纂者 /词典编纂者 (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · hi कोशकार (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ko 사전 편찬자 (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · id penyusun kamus (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ro lexicograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ga foclóirí (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · fi sanakirjantekijä (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · sw mwanaleksikografia (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · pl leksykograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · cs lexikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ast lexicógrafa (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · cy geiriadurwr (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ms penyusun kamus (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ky сөздүкчү (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · nl lexicograaf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · et leksikograaf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · sh leksikògraf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · tr sözlükçü (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ca lexicògraf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · el λεξικογράφος (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · fr lexicographe (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · vo vödabukilautan (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · lv leksikogrāfe (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · nn leksikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · hu szótáríró (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · uz lugʻatchi (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ast lexicógrafu (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · gd faclairiche (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ms pekamus (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · pt lexicógrafo (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ca lexicògrafa (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · de Lexikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · pa ਕੋਸ਼ਕਾਰ (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · pt dicionarista (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · id leksikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · kk сөздікші (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · it lessicografo (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · lt leksikografas (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · cs slovníkář (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ja 辞書編集者 (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · es lexicógrafa (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ro lexicografă (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · gd facladair (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · vo vödabukihilautan (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · fi sanakirjantoimittaja (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · vo vödabukijilautan (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · uk лексико́граф (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · lt žodýnininkas (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · be лексіко́граф (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · tl leksikograpo (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · uk словника́р (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · gl dicionarista (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · sv lexikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · nb leksikograf (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ru слова́рник (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · ru лексико́граф (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · az lüğətçi (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · id pekamus (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · lv leksikogrāfs (one who writes or compiles a dictionary) · de Lexikografin (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)