Meanings
nounlexical category (plural lexical categories)
plural lexical categories
- human sciencesA linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
Synonyms: word class, lexical class, part of speech
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 詞彙範疇 /词汇范畴, 詞類 /词类
- 詞彙範疇 /词汇范畴 (cíhuì fànchóu)linguistic category of words
- 詞類 /词类 (cílèi)linguistic category of words
- 詞性 /词性 (cíxìng)linguistic category of words
Czech slovní druh
- slovní druhlinguistic category of words
Finnish sanaluokka
- sanaluokkalinguistic category of words
French partie du discours, catégorie lexicale
- partie du discourslinguistic category of words
- catégorie lexicalelinguistic category of words
- classe lexicalelinguistic category of words
- naturelinguistic category of words
Hungarian szófaj
- szófajlinguistic category of words
Japanese 品詞
- 品詞 (hinshi)linguistic category of words
Korean 품사
- 품사 (pumsa)linguistic category of words
Polish część mowy
- część mowylinguistic category of words
Spanish categoría lexical, categoría léxica
- categoría lexicallinguistic category of words
- categoría léxicalinguistic category of words
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APA
lexical category. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical%20category
MLA
“lexical category.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical%20category. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lexical category,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexical%20category.
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