relex

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noun

A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.

“Lojban started as a relex of Loglan, but the languages' grammars have since diverged.”

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Meanings

nounrelex (plural relexes)

plural relexes

  1. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.

    Lojban started as a relex of Loglan, but the languages' grammars have since diverged.

    1 more example

    Most of the artlangs I've seen certainly are not relexes, or anything close.

    1998 November 5, David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>, “Re: LUNATIC again”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu
  2. broadlycomputingA programming language that differs from another only by the names of keywords, functions, etc.

Origin

Clipping of relexification.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

relex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relex

MLA

“relex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relex. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relex,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relex.

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