🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

lessicografia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lessicografia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lexicography/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡrəfi/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15400 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La lessicografia richiede una profonda conoscenza della struttura della lingua."

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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 Greek words lexikos (pertaining to words, from lexis 'word') and graphia (writing, from graphein 'to write'). It entered the English language in the 17th century to denote the scholarly art and craft of compiling and editing dictionaries.

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