Dictionary

vocabulary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vo-/ (Scotland)
• /vəw-/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /vəʉ-/ (Australia)
• /vəʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /vəˈkæb.jʊ.lə.ɹi/ (Australia)
• /vəˈkab.jə.lə.ɾe/ (Scotland)
• /-jʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /və-/ (Canada, General-American)
• (California, Southern) audio with California Vowel Shift
• /voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛɹ.i/ (Canada, General-American)
• /vəˈkabjələɹɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -bulum Latin vocābulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor. English vocabulary Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
2. (countable, uncountable) The collection of words a person knows and uses.
   • My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
3. (countable, uncountable) The stock of words used in a particular field.
   • The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
4. (countable, uncountable) The words of a language collectively; lexis.
   • The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
   • Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial. 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
5. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.

Forms

Deriveds

vocabularial · international scientific vocabulary · active vocabulary · working vocabulary · controlled vocabulary · vocabulary word · collabulary · vocabularied · extended vocabulary · subvocabulary · defining vocabulary · vocabularian · nonvocabulary · in someone's vocabulary · vocabularic

Relateds

vocable · vocal

Synonyms

word-stock (total words of a person or language) · dictionary · word-hoard (total words of a person or language)

Translations (296)

cmn 詞彙表 /词汇表 (list of words) · my ဝေါဟာရ (list of words) · bg ле́ксика (set of words a person knows) · fa-ira واژِگان (list of words) · az söz ehtiyatı (set of words a person knows) · it vocabolario (set of words a person knows) · uk словнико́вий запа́с (set of words a person knows) · be лексіко́н (set of words a person knows) · pt vocabulário (set of words a person knows) · hy բառապաշար (stock of words used in a particular field) · da vokabularium (set of words a person knows) · ang perhaps closest is wordhord (set of words a person knows) · pdt Wieedaschauz (list of words) · nl woordenschat (list of words) · fr lexique (words of a language collectively) · hi शब्दावली (words of a language collectively) · tr vokabüler (words of a language collectively) · nb ordtilfang (set of words a person knows) · hu szókincs (set of words a person knows) · pt vocabulário (stock of words used in a particular field) · ko 용어 (stock of words used in a particular field) · ar ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (set of words a person knows) · sh вокабу̀ла̄р (words of a language collectively) · ru слова́рь (list of words) · ka სიტყვარი (list of words) · da ordforråd (set of words a person knows) · it vocabolario (list of words) · uk ле́ксика (stock of words used in a particular field) · nl vocabulaire (words of a language collectively) · gd faclair (list of words) · ota لغت (list of words) · be сло́ўнік (list of words) · fo orðatilfar (words of a language collectively) · hu szólista (list of words) · de Wortschatz (words of a language collectively) · uk словни́к (words of a language collectively) · km វាក្យសព្ទ (list of words) · nl vakterminologie (stock of words used in a particular field) · lo ຄຳສັບ (list of words) · tl talasalitaan (list of words) · ru ле́ксика (stock of words used in a particular field) · pdt Wieedaschauz (set of words a person knows) · da ordforråd (stock of words used in a particular field) · sh rjȇčnīk (set of words a person knows) · ru номенклату́ра (stock of words used in a particular field) · cmn 詞匯 /词汇 (set of words a person knows) · cmn 詞彙 /词汇 (words of a language collectively) · de Glossar (list of words) · uk запа́с слів (set of words a person knows) · hi शब्दावली (set of words a person knows) · fr vocabulaire (stock of words used in a particular field) · uk терміноло́гія (stock of words used in a particular field) · pl leksyka (words of a language collectively) · it vocabolario (stock of words used in a particular field) · sv vokabulär (set of words a person knows) · ko 어휘 (words of a language collectively) · gl vocabulario (stock of words used in a particular field) · da ordforråd (list of words) · uk вокабуля́р (stock of words used in a particular field) · cmn 字彙 /字汇 (set of words a person knows) · ro vocabular (list of words) · tr söz dağarcığı (set of words a person knows) · ru терминоло́гия (stock of words used in a particular field) · de Vokabular (words of a language collectively) · mi rārangi kupu (list of words) · tl sansalitaan (words of a language collectively) · nb ordforråd (stock of words used in a particular field) · pl słownictwo (stock of words used in a particular field) · af woordeskat (set of words a person knows) · is orðaforði (set of words a person knows) · sv ordförråd (words of a language collectively) · ko 어휘 (set of words a person knows) · et erialasõnavara (stock of words used in a particular field) · sv vokabulär (stock of words used in a particular field) · ms kosa kata (set of words a person knows) · cs slovník (list of words) · haw huina ʻōlelo (set of words a person knows) · ga foclóirín (list of words) · tr terminoloji (stock of words used in a particular field) · ro lexic (words of a language collectively) · fi sanasto (list of words) · ms kosa kata (stock of words used in a particular field) · yi וואָקאַבולאַר (set of words a person knows) · cmn 語匯 /语汇 (set of words a person knows) · gd stòr-fhacal (list of words) · cy geirfa (set of words a person knows) · yi וואָקאַבולאַר (list of words) · ar مُفْرَدَات (set of words a person knows) · es léxico (words of a language collectively) · lt leksika (set of words a person knows) · de Wörterverzeichnis (list of words) · th คำศัพท์ (words of a language collectively) · ar مُفْرَدَات (stock of words used in a particular field) · izh slovari (words of a language collectively) · pl słownictwo (words of a language collectively) · lv vārdu krājums (set of words a person knows) · de Vokabular (set of words a person knows) · uk лекси́чний запа́с (words of a language collectively) · da vokabularium (stock of words used in a particular field) · sh vokabùlār (words of a language collectively) · mk речник (set of words a person knows) · gd stòr-fhacal (words of a language collectively) · sl besedni zaklad (set of words a person knows) · nl woordenschat (words of a language collectively) · ro glosar (list of words) · da ordliste (list of words) · sh вокабу̀ла̄р (set of words a person knows) · nb ordforråd (words of a language collectively) · vi từ vựng (words of a language collectively) · hu szókincs (words of a language collectively) · fi sanasto (stock of words used in a particular field) · bg терминоло́гия (stock of words used in a particular field) · fr vocabulaire (list of words) · es vocabulario (words of a language collectively) · hy բառապաշար (set of words a person knows) · nb vokabular (list of words) · fo orðfeingi (words of a language collectively) · sv vokabulär (words of a language collectively) · et terminoloogia (stock of words used in a particular field) · mk вокабула́р (words of a language collectively) · cy geirfa (stock of words used in a particular field) · sl besedišče (set of words a person knows) · ja 語彙集 (list of words) · ru слова́рный соста́в (words of a language collectively) · cmn 語匯 /语汇 (stock of words used in a particular field) · et oskussõnavara (stock of words used in a particular field) · nl terminologie (stock of words used in a particular field) · ar ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (stock of words used in a particular field) · de Wortschatz (set of words a person knows) · eo vortprovizo (set of words a person knows) · uk лексико́н (set of words a person knows) · tr söz varlığı (set of words a person knows) · lv leksika (set of words a person knows) · es vocabulario (list of words) · it vocabolario (words of a language collectively) · crh qamus (set of words a person knows) · gd briathrachas (list of words) · el λεξιλόγιο (list of words) · he אוֹצַר מִלִּים (stock of words used in a particular field) · sw msamiati (stock of words used in a particular field) · lo ຄຳສັບ (set of words a person knows) · ms kosa kata (list of words) · nl woordenschat (stock of words used in a particular field) · ky сөзкурам (set of words a person knows) · sk slovná zásoba (set of words a person knows) · id perbendaharaan kata (list of words) · ru ле́ксика (words of a language collectively) · mk вокабула́р (set of words a person knows) · de Wortschatz (stock of words used in a particular field) · tr sözcük hazinesi (set of words a person knows) · sh рје̑чнӣк (set of words a person knows) · id kosakata (list of words) · mn толь бичиг (list of words) · nb vokabular (set of words a person knows) · ja 語彙力 (set of words a person knows) · pl nomenklatura (stock of words used in a particular field) · uk вокабуля́р (words of a language collectively) · pt vocabulário (list of words) · sv ordförråd (stock of words used in a particular field) · ko 어휘력 (set of words a person knows) · ka სიტყვარი (stock of words used in a particular field) · ms kosa kata (words of a language collectively) · nl woordenlijst (list of words) · ca vocabulari (words of a language collectively) · sv ordlista (list of words) · gd briathrachas (words of a language collectively) · de Wortvorrat (stock of words used in a particular field) · nl woordenschat (set of words a person knows) · et sõnavara (words of a language collectively) · hu szószedet (list of words) · be ле́ксіка (set of words a person knows) · tl sansalitaan (set of words a person knows) · ka სიტყვათა მარაგი (set of words a person knows) · is orðaforði (words of a language collectively) · ko 어휘집 (list of words) · ja 用語 (stock of words used in a particular field) · nb vokabular (words of a language collectively) · nb ordliste (list of words) · de Wortliste (list of words) · ur فَرْہَن٘گ (list of words) · be сло́ўнікавы запа́с (set of words a person knows) · nb vokabular (stock of words used in a particular field) · bg ре́чник (list of words) · he אוֹצַר מִלִּים (words of a language collectively) · tr söz hazinesi (set of words a person knows) · ru лексико́н (set of words a person knows) · ang no such word attested (set of words a person knows) · sw msamiati (set of words a person knows) · pl słownictwo (list of words) · ru номенклату́ра (list of words) · kk сөз байлығы (set of words a person knows) · uk словни́к (list of words) · gd stòr-fhacal (stock of words used in a particular field) · da vokabularium (list of words) · cmn 詞匯 /词汇 (stock of words used in a particular field) · fi sanavarasto (set of words a person knows) · ro vocabular (set of words a person knows) · tr kelime hazinesi (set of words a person knows) · lv vokabulārs (set of words a person knows) · pl słownictwo (set of words a person knows) · ru терминоло́гия (list of words) · th วงศัพท์ (set of words a person knows) · ru слова́рь (set of words a person knows) · uk терміноло́гія (list of words) · bg сло́вно бога́тство (set of words a person knows) · uk ле́ксика (set of words a person knows) · uk вокабуля́р (set of words a person knows) · fr vocabulaire (set of words a person knows) · tr vokabüler (set of words a person knows) · hi शब्दावली (stock of words used in a particular field) · ru вокабуля́р (words of a language collectively) · fa-ira واژِگان (set of words a person knows) · eo vortaro (list of words) · gl vocabulario (set of words a person knows) · ro vocabular (stock of words used in a particular field) · haw papa ʻōlelo (list of words) · he אוֹצַר מִלִּים (set of words a person knows) · ja 語彙 (set of words a person knows) · ka ლექსიკა (list of words) · ru ле́ксика (set of words a person knows) · cy geirfa (words of a language collectively) · cy geirfa (list of words) · ka სიტყვათა მარაგი (words of a language collectively) · fr lexique (set of words a person knows) · cs slovní zásoba (set of words a person knows) · gl vocabulario (words of a language collectively) · af woordeskat (words of a language collectively) · ar مَفْرَدَات (words of a language collectively) · gd briathrachas (stock of words used in a particular field) · nl vocabulaire (stock of words used in a particular field) · es vocabulario (stock of words used in a particular field) · be запа́с слоў (set of words a person knows) · tl sansalitaan (stock of words used in a particular field) · ka ლექსიკა (stock of words used in a particular field) · de Vokabularium (set of words a person knows) · vi từ vựng (set of words a person knows) · gl vocabulario (list of words) · pl słownik (set of words a person knows) · pt vocabulário (words of a language collectively) · cmn 字彙 /字汇 (words of a language collectively) · da ordforråd (words of a language collectively) · hi शब्दावली (list of words) · sh vokabùlār (set of words a person knows) · ru вокабуля́р (stock of words used in a particular field) · be тэрмінало́гія (list of words) · ar مَسْرَد (list of words) · ro vocabular (words of a language collectively) · ka ლექსიკა (words of a language collectively) · et sõnavara (set of words a person knows) · sv vokabulär (list of words) · de Vokabular (stock of words used in a particular field) · uk ле́ксика (words of a language collectively) · ka ლექსიკა (set of words a person knows) · sv ordförråd (set of words a person knows) · sw msamiati (words of a language collectively) · th คำศัพท์ (set of words a person knows) · mr शब्दसंग्रह (list of words) · uk словни́к (set of words a person knows) · ru вокабуля́рий (list of words) · uk номенклату́ра (stock of words used in a particular field) · nb ordforråd (set of words a person knows) · hu szókincs (stock of words used in a particular field) · gd briathrachas (set of words a person knows) · hu glosszárium (list of words) · km វាក្យសព្ទ (words of a language collectively) · ar مُصْطَلَحات (stock of words used in a particular field) · bg ре́чников съста́в (words of a language collectively) · sw msamiati (list of words) · el λεξιλόγιο (set of words a person knows) · sh ре̑чнӣк (set of words a person knows) · fr vocabulaire (words of a language collectively) · my ဝေါဟာရ (set of words a person knows) · lt žodynas (set of words a person knows) · cmn 字彙 /字汇 (stock of words used in a particular field) · tr kelime kadrosu (set of words a person knows) · udm кылолык (words of a language collectively) · nl vocabulaire (set of words a person knows) · ru запа́с слов (set of words a person knows) · be тэрміналёгія (list of words) · ar مَسارِد (list of words) · hu szójegyzék (list of words) · vi từ vựng (list of words) · pl zasób słowny (set of words a person knows) · da vokabular (stock of words used in a particular field) · cmn 語彙 /语汇 (words of a language collectively) · sh rȇčnīk (set of words a person knows) · ru вокабуля́р (set of words a person knows) · hy բառապաշար (words of a language collectively) · ja 語彙 (words of a language collectively) · es vocabulario (set of words a person knows) · pt terminologia (stock of words used in a particular field) · fi sanasto (words of a language collectively) · ru слова́рный запа́с (words of a language collectively) · ru слова́рный запа́с (set of words a person knows) · km វាក្យសព្ទ (set of words a person knows) · th คำศัพท์ (list of words)