lexicography

---

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/
• (GA) IPA: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfi/, /-sə-/

Noun

lexicography

1. The art or craft#Noun|craft of compiling, writing, and edit#Verb|editing dictionaries.
2. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline#Noun|discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structure#Noun|structures link#Verb|linking the data in dictionaries.

Translations

• French: lexicographie
• German: Lexikographie
• Italian: lessicografia
• Portuguese: lexicografia
• Russian: лексикогра́фия
• Spanish: lexicografía

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003