Meanings
nounvocabulary (countable and uncountable, plural vocabularies)
plural vocabularies
- countableuncountableA usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- countableuncountableThe collection of words a person knows and uses.
My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
Synonyms: word-stock, word-hoard
- countableuncountableThe stock of words used in a particular field.
The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- countableuncountableThe words of a language collectively; lexis.
The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
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Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.
2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106 - broadlycountableuncountableA range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe collection of words a person knows and uses.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
- Latinvoc(ā)
- Latinvocābulum
- Medieval Latinvocābulārium
- Englishvocabulary
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.
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Afrikaans woordeskat, woordeskat
- woordeskatset of words a person knows
- woordeskatwords of a language collectively
Arabic مُفْرَدَات, ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة
- مُفْرَدَات (mufradāt)set of words a person knows
- ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya)set of words a person knows
- مَسْرَد (masrad)list of words
- مَسارِد (masārid)list of words
- مُفْرَدَات (mufradāt)stock of words used in a particular field
- ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة (ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya)stock of words used in a particular field
- مُصْطَلَحات (muṣṭalaḥāt)stock of words used in a particular field
- مَفْرَدَات (mafradāt)words of a language collectively
Bulgarian сло́вно бога́тство, ле́ксика
- сло́вно бога́тство (slóvno bogátstvo)set of words a person knows
- ле́ксика (léksika)set of words a person knows
- ре́чник (réčnik)list of words
- терминоло́гия (terminológija)stock of words used in a particular field
- ре́чников съста́в (réčnikov săstáv)words of a language collectively
Catalan vocabulari
- vocabulariwords of a language collectively
Chinese Mandarin 詞匯 /词汇, 語匯 /语汇
- 詞匯 /词汇 (cíhuì)set of words a person knows
- 語匯 /语汇 (yǔhuì)set of words a person knows
- 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì)set of words a person knows
- 詞彙表 /词汇表 (cíhuìbiǎo)list of words
- 詞匯 /词汇 (cíhuì)stock of words used in a particular field
- 語匯 /语汇 (yǔhuì)stock of words used in a particular field
- 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì)stock of words used in a particular field
- 詞彙 /词汇 (cíhuì)words of a language collectively
- 語彙 /语汇 (yǔhuì)words of a language collectively
- 字彙 /字汇 (zìhuì)words of a language collectively
Czech slovní zásoba, slovník
- slovní zásobaset of words a person knows
- slovníklist of words
Danish ordforråd, vokabularium
- ordforrådset of words a person knows
- vokabulariumset of words a person knows
- ordforrådlist of words
- vokabulariumlist of words
- ordlistelist of words
- ordforrådstock of words used in a particular field
- vokabulariumstock of words used in a particular field
- vokabularstock of words used in a particular field
- ordforrådwords of a language collectively
Dutch woordenschat, vocabulaire
- woordenschatset of words a person knows
- vocabulaireset of words a person knows
- woordenlijstlist of words
- woordenschatlist of words
- woordenschatstock of words used in a particular field
- terminologiestock of words used in a particular field
- vakterminologiestock of words used in a particular field
- vocabulairestock of words used in a particular field
- woordenschatwords of a language collectively
- vocabulairewords of a language collectively
Esperanto vortprovizo, vortaro
- vortprovizoset of words a person knows
- vortarolist of words
Estonian sõnavara, erialasõnavara
- sõnavaraset of words a person knows
- erialasõnavarastock of words used in a particular field
- oskussõnavarastock of words used in a particular field
- terminoloogiastock of words used in a particular field
- sõnavarawords of a language collectively
Finnish sanavarasto, sanasto
- sanavarastoset of words a person knows
- sanastolist of words
- sanastostock of words used in a particular field
- sanastowords of a language collectively
French vocabulaire, lexique
- vocabulaireset of words a person knows
- lexiqueset of words a person knows
- vocabulairelist of words
- vocabulairestock of words used in a particular field
- lexiquewords of a language collectively
- vocabulairewords of a language collectively
German Wortschatz, Vokabular
- Wortschatzset of words a person knows
- Vokabularset of words a person knows
- Vokabulariumset of words a person knows
- Wortlistelist of words
- Wörterverzeichnislist of words
- Glossarlist of words
- Vokabularstock of words used in a particular field
- Wortschatzstock of words used in a particular field
- Wortvorratstock of words used in a particular field
- Vokabularwords of a language collectively
- Wortschatzwords of a language collectively
Greek λεξιλόγιο, λεξιλόγιο
- λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio)set of words a person knows
- λεξιλόγιο (lexilógio)list of words
Hawaiian huina ʻōlelo, papa ʻōlelo
- huina ʻōleloset of words a person knows
- papa ʻōlelolist of words
Hebrew אוֹצַר מִלִּים, אוֹצַר מִלִּים
- אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár milím)set of words a person knows
- אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár millím)stock of words used in a particular field
- אוֹצַר מִלִּים (otsár millím)words of a language collectively
Hindi शब्दावली, शब्दावली
- शब्दावली (śabdāvlī)set of words a person knows
- शब्दावली (śabdāvlī)list of words
- शब्दावली (śabdāvlī)stock of words used in a particular field
- शब्दावली (śabdāvlī)words of a language collectively
Hungarian szókincs, szójegyzék
- szókincsset of words a person knows
- szójegyzéklist of words
- szólistalist of words
- szószedetlist of words
- glosszáriumlist of words
- szókincsstock of words used in a particular field
- szókincswords of a language collectively
Icelandic orðaforði, orðaforði
- orðaforðiset of words a person knows
- orðaforðiwords of a language collectively
Indonesian kosakata, perbendaharaan kata
- kosakatalist of words
- perbendaharaan katalist of words
Irish foclóirín
- foclóirínlist of words
Italian vocabolario, vocabolario
- vocabolarioset of words a person knows
- vocabolariolist of words
- vocabolariostock of words used in a particular field
- vocabolariowords of a language collectively
Japanese 語彙, 語彙力
- 語彙 (goi)set of words a person knows
- 語彙力 (goiryoku)set of words a person knows
- 語彙集 (goishū)list of words
- 用語 (yōgo)stock of words used in a particular field
- 語彙 (goi)words of a language collectively
Korean 어휘, 어휘력
- 어휘 (eohwi)set of words a person knows
- 어휘력 (eohwiryeok)set of words a person knows
- 어휘집 (eohwijip)list of words
- 용어 (yong'eo)stock of words used in a particular field
- 어휘 (eohwi)words of a language collectively
Latvian vārdu krājums, vokabulārs
- vārdu krājumsset of words a person knows
- vokabulārsset of words a person knows
- leksikaset of words a person knows
Lithuanian žodynas, leksika
- žodynasset of words a person knows
- leksikaset of words a person knows
Malay kosa kata, kosa kata
- kosa kataset of words a person knows
- kosa katalist of words
- kosa katastock of words used in a particular field
- kosa katawords of a language collectively
Māori rārangi kupu
- rārangi kupulist of words
Norwegian Bokmål vokabular, ordforråd
- vokabularset of words a person knows
- ordforrådset of words a person knows
- ordtilfangset of words a person knows
- vokabularlist of words
- ordlistelist of words
- ordforrådstock of words used in a particular field
- vokabularstock of words used in a particular field
- ordforrådwords of a language collectively
- vokabularwords of a language collectively
Polish słownictwo, słownik
- słownictwoset of words a person knows
- słownikset of words a person knows
- zasób słownyset of words a person knows
- słownictwolist of words
- słownictwostock of words used in a particular field
- nomenklaturastock of words used in a particular field
- słownictwowords of a language collectively
- leksykawords of a language collectively
Portuguese vocabulário, vocabulário
- vocabulárioset of words a person knows
- vocabuláriolist of words
- vocabuláriostock of words used in a particular field
- terminologiastock of words used in a particular field
- vocabuláriowords of a language collectively
Romanian vocabular, glosar
- vocabularset of words a person knows
- glosarlist of words
- vocabularlist of words
- vocabularstock of words used in a particular field
- vocabularwords of a language collectively
- lexicwords of a language collectively
Russian слова́рь, слова́рный запа́с
- слова́рь (slovárʹ)set of words a person knows
- слова́рный запа́с (slovárnyj zapás)set of words a person knows
- запа́с слов (zapás slov)set of words a person knows
- лексико́н (leksikón)set of words a person knows
- ле́ксика (léksika)set of words a person knows
- вокабуля́р (vokabuljár)set of words a person knows
- терминоло́гия (terminológija)list of words
- номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra)list of words
- слова́рь (slovárʹ)list of words
- вокабуля́рий (vokabuljárij)list of words
- терминоло́гия (terminológija)stock of words used in a particular field
- ле́ксика (léksika)stock of words used in a particular field
Scottish Gaelic briathrachas, briathrachas
- briathrachasset of words a person knows
- briathrachaslist of words
- faclairlist of words
- stòr-fhacallist of words
- briathrachasstock of words used in a particular field
- stòr-fhacalstock of words used in a particular field
- briathrachaswords of a language collectively
- stòr-fhacalwords of a language collectively
Slovak slovná zásoba
- slovná zásobaset of words a person knows
Spanish vocabulario, vocabulario
- vocabularioset of words a person knows
- vocabulariolist of words
- vocabulariostock of words used in a particular field
- vocabulariowords of a language collectively
- léxicowords of a language collectively
Swahili msamiati, msamiati
- msamiatiset of words a person knows
- msamiatilist of words
- msamiatistock of words used in a particular field
- msamiatiwords of a language collectively
Swedish ordförråd, vokabulär
- ordförrådset of words a person knows
- vokabulärset of words a person knows
- ordlistalist of words
- vokabulärlist of words
- ordförrådstock of words used in a particular field
- vokabulärstock of words used in a particular field
- ordförrådwords of a language collectively
- vokabulärwords of a language collectively
Tagalog sansalitaan, talasalitaan
- sansalitaanset of words a person knows
- talasalitaanlist of words
- sansalitaanstock of words used in a particular field
- sansalitaanwords of a language collectively
Thai คำศัพท์, วงศัพท์
- คำศัพท์ (kam-sàp)set of words a person knows
- วงศัพท์ (wong-sàp)set of words a person knows
- คำศัพท์ (kam-sàp)list of words
- คำศัพท์ (kam-sàp)words of a language collectively
Turkish kelime hazinesi, kelime kadrosu
- kelime hazinesiset of words a person knows
- kelime kadrosuset of words a person knows
- söz dağarcığıset of words a person knows
- söz hazinesiset of words a person knows
- söz varlığıset of words a person knows
- sözcük hazinesiset of words a person knows
- vokabülerset of words a person knows
- terminolojistock of words used in a particular field
- vokabülerwords of a language collectively
Ukrainian запа́с слів, словнико́вий запа́с
- запа́с слів (zapás sliv)set of words a person knows
- словнико́вий запа́с (slovnykóvyj zapás)set of words a person knows
- ле́ксика (léksyka)set of words a person knows
- лексико́н (leksykón)set of words a person knows
- словни́к (slovnýk)set of words a person knows
- вокабуля́р (vokabuljár)set of words a person knows
- терміноло́гія (terminolóhija)list of words
- словни́к (slovnýk)list of words
- терміноло́гія (terminolóhija)stock of words used in a particular field
- ле́ксика (léksyka)stock of words used in a particular field
- номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra)stock of words used in a particular field
- вокабуля́р (vokabuljár)stock of words used in a particular field
Urdu فَرْہَن٘گ
- فَرْہَن٘گ (farhaṅg)list of words
Vietnamese từ vựng, từ vựng
- từ vựngset of words a person knows
- từ vựnglist of words
- từ vựngwords of a language collectively
Welsh geirfa, geirfa
- geirfaset of words a person knows
- geirfalist of words
- geirfastock of words used in a particular field
- geirfawords of a language collectively
Yiddish וואָקאַבולאַר, וואָקאַבולאַר
- וואָקאַבולאַר (vokabular)set of words a person knows
- וואָקאַבולאַר (vokabular)list of words
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