Meanings
nounmetalexicography (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe study of lexicography
Metalexicography can be divided into five fields of interest; the first is lexicographic theory […]
1986, Robert Ilson, Lexicography: An Emerging International Profession, page 1011 more example
This is a bibliography of works that deal with the theory, methods, and procedures of lexicography (in short, with what is called in French and German metalexicography)
1988, Ladislav Zgusta et al., Lexicography Today: An Annotated Bibliography of the Theory of Lexicography, page 7
Origin
Translations
French métalexicographie
- métalexicographiestudy of lexicography in the abstract
German Metalexikographie
- Metalexikographiestudy of lexicography in the abstract
Korean 사전학
- 사전학 (sajeonhak)study of lexicography in the abstract
Portuguese metalexicografia
- metalexicografiastudy of lexicography in the abstract
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with metalexicography
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MLA
“metalexicography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalexicography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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