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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

lexicografía

Pronunciation / Transliteration: leksikografía

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lexicography/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfi/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La lexicografía española ha evolucinado notablemente en las últimas décadas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The professional practice, methodology, and art of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

    "Modern lexicography relies heavily on massive digital corpora to analyze actual language use."
  2. 2

    The academic study of the form, meaning, history, and relationships of words within a language.

    "Her doctorate research focuses on historical lexicography and semantic shifts in Early Modern English."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek words 'lexikon' (meaning 'word book' or neuter of 'lexikos' pertaining to words) and 'graphein' (meaning 'to write'). It entered the English language in the late 17th century to systematically describe the professional practice and academic study of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

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