Lexikon

encyclopaedia

noun LEK-si-kon Rare

Origin: from Greek lexikon

Also means

lexicon, vocabulary system

Usage Note

Lexikon can mean an encyclopaedia (Brockhaus Lexikon) or in linguistics the total vocabulary of a language or speaker. Distinguish from Wörterbuch, which is a dictionary focused on word meanings. Plural Lexika or Lexiken.

Examples

"Sie schlug den Begriff im Lexikon nach."

Natural Translation

She looked the term up in the encyclopaedia.

Literal Translation

She looked-up the term in-the encyclopaedia.

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