🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

見出し語

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: midashigo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Headword/ˈhɛd.wɜːrd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"辞書の各見出し語には発音記号が付いています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A word or term that heads a dictionary entry and is the alphabetical point of reference.

    "Every bolded headword in the dictionary is followed by its phonetic transcription and part of speech."
  2. 2

    In linguistics, the primary word in a syntactic construction that determines its grammatical category.

    "In the noun phrase 'red dictionary', the noun 'dictionary' serves as the headword."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of Old English 'hēafod' (head) and 'word' (word), originating in early modern lexicography. It evolved to designate the primary word listed at the beginning of a dictionary entry, serving as the lemma for inflection and semantic exploration.

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