headword
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English
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Etymology
From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɜːd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɝd/
Noun
headword (plural headwords)
- A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
- Hypernym: definiendum
- Hyponyms: lemma, lexeme
- Coordinate terms: heading, head, subheading, subhead, rubric, lemma
- (grammar) The head of a phrase.
- In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.
Derived terms
Translations
word used as the title of a section
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word modified by an adjunct
See also
headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - basic form
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- dictionary form
- lemma
