Meanings
- not comparablehuman sciencesConcerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.
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So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo- gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric- tions concerned are not categorial in nature (i.e. they are not associated with every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items, so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range of complements).
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 137 - not comparablehuman sciencesConcerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary.
- not comparablecomputingRelating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
Synonyms: lexicographic, lexicographical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to alphabetical order or a generalization thereof.
Origin
- Ancient Greekλέξις“word”
- Latinlexis
- Englishlexical
From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعْجَمِيّ, مُفْرَدَاتِيّ
- مُعْجَمِيّ (muʕjamiyy)of a language's vocabulary
- مُفْرَدَاتِيّ (mufradātiyy)of a language's vocabulary
- قَامُوسِيّ (qāmūsiyy)of a dictionary
Bulgarian лексика́лен, ре́чников
- лексика́лен (leksikálen)of a language's vocabulary
- ре́чников (réčnikov)of a dictionary
Catalan lèxic, lèxic
- lèxicof a language's vocabulary
- lèxicof a dictionary
Chinese Mandarin 詞彙的 /词汇的, 詞典的 /词典的
- 詞彙的 /词汇的 (cíhuì de)of a language's vocabulary
- 詞典的 /词典的 (cídiǎn de)of a dictionary
Czech lexikální, lexikální
- lexikálníof a language's vocabulary
- lexikálníof a dictionary
Danish leksikal, leksikal
- leksikalof a language's vocabulary
- leksikalof a dictionary
Dutch lexikaal
- lexikaalof a language's vocabulary
Esperanto leksika
- leksikaof a language's vocabulary
Finnish sanastollinen, leksikaalinen
- sanastollinenof a language's vocabulary
- leksikaalinenof a dictionary
French lexical
- lexicalof a language's vocabulary
German lexikalisch
- lexikalischof a language's vocabulary
Irish léacsach, foclóireachta
- léacsachof a language's vocabulary
- foclóireachtaof a language's vocabulary
- foclóireachtaof a dictionary
- léacsachof a dictionary
Italian lessicale
- lessicaleof a language's vocabulary
Japanese 語彙的, 語彙的
- 語彙的 (goiteki)of a language's vocabulary
- 語彙的 (goiteki)of a dictionary
Korean 어휘적
- 어휘적 (eohwijeok)of a language's vocabulary
Lithuanian leksinis, žodyninis
- leksinisof a language's vocabulary
- žodyninisof a dictionary
Persian لغوی
- لغوی (loġavi)of a language's vocabulary
Polish leksykalny, słownikowy
- leksykalnyof a language's vocabulary
- słownikowyof a dictionary
Portuguese léxico, lexical
- léxicoof a language's vocabulary
- lexicalof a language's vocabulary
- léxicoof a dictionary
- lexicalof a dictionary
Russian лекси́ческий, слова́рный
- лекси́ческий (leksíčeskij)of a language's vocabulary
- слова́рный (slovárnyj)of a dictionary
Scottish Gaelic faclaireil
- faclaireilof a dictionary
Slovak lexikálny, lexikálny
- lexikálnyof a language's vocabulary
- lexikálnyof a dictionary
Spanish léxico, lexical
- léxicoof a language's vocabulary
- lexicalof a language's vocabulary
- léxicoof a dictionary
Swedish lexikalisk, lexikalisk
- lexikaliskof a language's vocabulary
- lexikaliskof a dictionary
Ukrainian лекси́чний, словнико́вий
- лекси́чний (leksýčnyj)of a language's vocabulary
- словнико́вий (slovnykóvyj)of a dictionary
Cite this entry
lexical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical
“lexical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lexical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical.
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