content word

English

Noun

content word (plural content words)

1. (linguistics, lexicography) A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.

   Synonyms: contentive, lexical word

   Antonyms: function word, grammatical word, functor

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: كَلِمَة الْمُحْتَوَى f (kalimat al-muḥtawā)
• Dutch: inhoudswoord n
• Finnish: sisältösana
• French: mot plein (fr) m, mot lexical (fr) m
• German: Autosemantikum (de) n, Autosemantikon (de) n, Inhaltswort (de) n
• Italian: parola piena f
• Japanese: 内容語 (naiyōgo)
• Korean: 어휘형태소 (eohwihyeongtaeso)
• Polish: wyraz samodzielny m
• Portuguese: palavra lexical f
• Russian: знамена́тельное сло́во n (znamenátelʹnoje slóvo), самостоятельное сло́во n (samostojatelʹnoje slóvo), полнозначное сло́во n (polnoznačnoje slóvo)
• Spanish: palabra léxica f, palabra pleremática f
• Turkish: içerikli sözcük
• Welsh: gair cynnwys m

Further reading

• function word on Wikipedia.Wikipedia