λέξις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a saying, speech
- word, phrase
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λέγω (say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέγω
Gloss
say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -eme English
- -ial English
- alexithymic English
- hyperlexia English
- lectic English
- lectical English
- lectically English
- lexeme English
- lexis English
- phoneme English
- aleksityyminen Finnish
- -logia Latin
- -ālis Latin
- extemporalis Latin
- fūstis Latin
- lexis Latin
- -al German
- fonema Italian
- -al French
- phonème French
- лексема Russian
- фоне́ма Russian
- -al Spanish, Castilian
- fonema Spanish, Castilian
- Λεξιφάνης Ancient Greek
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγομαι Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λεκτικός Ancient Greek
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω Ancient Greek
- τερατολόγος Ancient Greek
- φωνέω Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- χρόνος Ancient Greek
- ψευδολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ὡρολόγιον Ancient Greek
- *-li- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- dysleksi Norwegian Bokmål
- alexitímico Portuguese
- fonema Portuguese
- konversationslexikon Swedish
- lexikon Swedish
- dysleksi Norwegian Nynorsk
- léacsach Irish
- dialekt Danish
- lexém Czech
- -al Old French
- -el Old French
- -al Catalan, Valencian
- fonema Catalan, Valencian
- fonema Galician
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- λέω Greek (modern)
- -ales Translingual
- -ala Ido
- -al Old Portuguese
- ლექსი Georgian
- *-ālos Proto-Celtic