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10 Language-to-English DictionariesHapax legomenon
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A word that occurs only once in a given corpus, such as in the works of a specific author or in a single text.
"Scholars often debate the exact meaning of a hapax legomenon found in ancient biblical manuscripts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from ancient Greek hapax meaning 'once' and legomenon meaning 'spoken' or 'said'. It entered scholarly and linguistic discourse to describe a word that occurs only once within a specific context, such as an entire language, an author's complete works, or a single text corpus.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hapax legomenon" is said worldwide
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hapax
Transliteration: /a.paks/
"Ce mot rare est un hapax dans toute la littérature classique."
Hapax legomenon
Transliteration: /ˈhaːpaks leˈɡoːmənɔn/
"Dieses altgriechische Wort ist ein echtes Hapax legomenon."
hapax legomenon
Transliteration: /ˈapaks leˈɡɔmenon/
"Il termine compare una sola volta, configurandosi come un hapax legomenon."
hápax
Transliteration: /ˈa.paks/
"Los filólogos estudian este hápax con gran interés."
hápax legómeno
Transliteration: /ˈa.paks leˈɡɔ.me.nu/
"O texto antigo contém um hápax legómeno enigmático."
हपैक्स लेगोमेनन
Transliteration: hapaiks legomenan
"यह प्राचीन ग्रंथ एक दुर्लभ हपैक्स लेगोमेनन प्रस्तुत करता है।"
一次 出现 词
Transliteration: yī cì chū xiàn cí
Script: 一次出现词
"这个词在古文献中是一个罕见的一次出现词。"
일회출현어
Transliteration: il-hoe-chul-hyeon-eo
"고대 문헌에서 이 단어는 대표적인 일회출현어이다."
一度きりの語
Transliteration: ichido kiri no go
"その古文書には謎めいた一度きりの語が含まれている。"
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