vocabulary
English
/vəʊˈkabjʊləɹɪ/, /voʊˈkæbjəlɛɹi/
noun
Definitions
- A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
- The collection of words a person knows and uses.
- The stock of words used in a particular field.
- The words of a language collectively.
- A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques
Etymology
Borrowed from French vocabulaire borrowed from Latin vocābulārium.
Origin
Latin
vocābulārium
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonvocabulary English
- vocabularic English
- vocabularied English
- vocabulum Latin
- vocābulārium Latin
- vocabolario Italian
- vocabulaire Dutch, Flemish
- vocabulaire French
- vocabulario Spanish, Castilian
- *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- vocabulaithe Norman
- vocabulari Romansh