lexicon

Meaning

Noun

1. The vocabulary of a language.
2. A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
4. The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
5. (rare) Any dictionary.
6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
7. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
8. A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.

Verb

1. (transitive) To add to a lexicon.
2. To shorten a soundtrack to fit a shortened version of a movie.

Synonyms

dictionary

vocabulary

glossary

wordbook

lexis

mental lexicon

onomasticon

language

dicitionary

word-hoard

synonymicon

encyclopaedia

terminology

thesaurus

word

dictionary of synonyms

Translations

lessico

lexique

léxico

λεξικό

léxico

Lexikon

dictionnaire

lexicon

λεξιλόγιο

Wortschatz

vocabulário

woordenboek

vocabolario

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛk.sɪ.kən/

Etymology

Through Middle French or directly from New Latin lexicon, from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon, a dictionary”), ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
Attested at least since 1583 (in William Fulke's A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the English tongue) in the sense 'a dictionary of a classical language'.