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Pronunciation / Transliteration: goi
"読書は日本語の語彙を増やすのに最適です。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The total vocabulary of a language or the entire body of words available to a speech community.
"The ongoing borrowing of loanwords significantly enriches the English word-stock over time." - 2
The specific vocabulary known and used by an individual writer, speaker, or group.
"Shakespeare's impressive word-stock allowed him to coin hundreds of new expressions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the Old English 'word' (from Proto-Germanic *wurdam) and 'stock' (from Old English 'stocc', meaning trunk or tree stump, later evolving to mean a store or supply). First recorded in the mid-19th century, the term originally referred to the total vocabulary available in a language, mirroring the metaphor of a merchant's stock-in-trade.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Word-stock" is said worldwide
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vocabulaire
Transliteration: /vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ/
"Le vocabulaire français s'enrichit constamment de nouveaux emprunts."
Wortschatz
Transliteration: /ˈvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
"Der englische Wortschatz enthält viele Wörter germanischen und romanischen Ursprungs."
patrimonio lessicale
Transliteration: /pa.triˈmɔ.jo les.siˈka.le/
"Il patrimonio lessicale della lingua italiana è vasto e variegato."
acervo léxico
Transliteration: /aˈθeɾ.βo ˈlek.si.ko/
"El acervo léxico del español incluye influencias indígenas y árabes."
vocabulário
Transliteration: /vo.ku.baˈla.ɾi.u/
"O vocabulário da língua portuguesa continua a expandir-se."
शब्द-भंडार
Transliteration: shabd-bhandar
"भाषा का शब्द-भंडार उसके साहित्य को समृद्ध करता है।"
词汇量
Transliteration: cíhuì liàng
"阅读可以帮助我们扩充词汇量。"
어휘
Transliteration: eohwi
"그는 풍부한 어휘를 구사하는 작가이다."
語彙
Transliteration: goi
"読書は日本語の語彙を増やすのに最適です。"
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