vocabulary
Pronunciation: /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
The English word “vocabulary” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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; lexis.
- A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.
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