leksikon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English lexicon, from Medieval Latin or New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

leksikon

1. the vocabulary of a language
2. (linguistics) a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (βιβλίον) (lexikón (biblíon), “lexicon”), derived from λέξις (léxis, “saying, speech, word”), derived from λέγω (légō, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɡ̊sikʰʌn]

Noun

leksikon n (singular definite leksikonet, plural indefinite leksika or leksikoner)

1. encyclopedia (a comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects)
2. lexicon (the entire vocabulary in a given language)

Inflection

Declension of leksikon

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	leksikon	leksikonet	leksikoner leksika	leksikonerne leksikaene
genitive	leksikons	leksikonets	leksikoners leksikas	leksikonernes leksikaenes

Related terms

• leksikal, leksikalsk ("lexical")
• leksikograf ("lexicographer")
• leksikografi ("lexicography")
• leksikografisk ("lexicographical")

See also

• leksikon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Noun

leksikon

1. genitive singular of leksikko

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón).

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksika or leksikon or leksikoner, definite plural leksikaene or leksikona or leksikonene)

1. an encyclopaedia
2. a dictionary (now rare)
3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Synonyms

• (sense 1) encyklopedi
• (sense 2) ordbok

Derived terms

• leksem
• leksikograf

References

• “leksikon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “leksikon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón).

Noun

leksikon n (definite singular leksikonet, indefinite plural leksikon, definite plural leksikona)

1. an encyclopaedia
2. (now rare) a dictionary
3. a lexicon, vocabulary

Inflection

• With the spelling reform of 2012, the Greek plural leksika was made obsolete.

Synonyms

• (sense 1): encyklopedi
• (sense 2): ordbok

Derived terms

• leksem n
• leksikograf m

References

• “leksikon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěksikoːn/
• Hyphenation: lek‧si‧kon

Noun

lèksikōn m (Cyrillic spelling лѐксико̄н)

1. lexicon

Declension

Declension of leksikon

	singular	plural
nominative	leksikon	leksikoni
genitive	leksikona	leksikona
dative	leksikonu	leksikonima
accusative	leksikon	leksikone
vocative	leksikone	leksikoni
locative	leksikonu	leksikonima
instrumental	leksikonom	leksikonima