Meanings
plural dictionary forms
- The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive in English, the first-person singular present indicative in Ancient Greek, and the third-person masculine singular perfect in Semitic languages.
Synonyms: canonical form, citation form, basic form
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
Translations
Arabic لَيمَّا
- لَيمَّاbasic form of a word
Finnish sanakirjamuoto
- sanakirjamuotobasic form of a word
French forme canonique
- forme canoniquebasic form of a word
German Grundform, Lemmaform
- Grundformbasic form of a word
- Lemmaformbasic form of a word
- Wörterbuchformbasic form of a word
Hungarian szótári alak
- szótári alakbasic form of a word
Japanese 原形, 辞書形
- 原形 (genkei)basic form of a word
- 辞書形 (jishokei)basic form of a word
Korean 원형
- 원형 (wonhyeong)basic form of a word
Persian بنواژه, مدخل
- بنواژه (bon-vâže)basic form of a word
- مدخل (madxal)basic form of a word
Polish forma słownikowa, lemma
- forma słownikowabasic form of a word
- lemmabasic form of a word
- lemmatbasic form of a word
- hasłobasic form of a word
Russian слова́рная фо́рма, начальная форма слова
- слова́рная фо́рма (slovárnaja fórma)basic form of a word
- начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova)basic form of a word
- лемма (lemma)basic form of a word
Swedish uppslagsord, grundform
- uppslagsordbasic form of a word
- grundformbasic form of a word
Cite this entry
dictionary form. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionary%20form
“dictionary form.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionary%20form. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictionary form,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictionary%20form.
Source: dictionary form on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.