lexical item

English

Noun

lexical item (plural lexical items)

(semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by "cat", "traffic light", "take care of", "by-the-way", and "don't count your chickens before they hatch".

Synonyms

lexical unit

Translations

term that acts as a unit of meaning

Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞項, 词项 (cíxiàng)
Czech: lexikální jednotka f
Dutch: lexicale eenheid f
French: lexie (fr) f

German: lexikalische Einheit f
Irish: mír fhoclóireachta f, aonad léacsach m
Japanese: 語彙項目 (ごいこうもく, goi kōmoku)
Russian: лекси́ческая едини́ца (ru) f (leksíčeskaja jediníca), лекси́ческий элеме́нт m (leksíčeskij elemént)
Vietnamese: đơn vị từ vựng

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