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English
Etymology Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium Doublet of vocabularium
Pronunciation
Noun vocabulary (countable and uncountable plural vocabularies
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.
My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
The stock of words used in a particular field.
The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
The words of a language collectively; lexis .
The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
2018 Journal of English for Academic Purposes , volume 35 , →DOI 106 :Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial.
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Translations list of words
Bulgarian: ре́чник (bg) ( réčnik )
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) ( wau:hara. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙表 / 词汇表 (zh) ( cíhuìbiǎo )
Czech: slovník (cs) m
Danish: ordforråd n vokabularium n ordliste c
Dutch: woordenlijst (nl) f or m woordenschat (nl) m
Esperanto: vortaro (eo)
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa ) , სიტყვარი ( siṭq̇vari )
German: Wortliste (de) f Wörterverzeichnis (de) n Glossar (de) n
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n ( lexilógio )
Hindi: शब्दावली (hi) f ( śabdāvlī )
Hungarian: szójegyzék (hu) , szólista (hu) , szószedet (hu) , glosszárium (hu)
Indonesian: kosakata (id) , perbendaharaan kata (id)
Irish: foclóirín m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙集 ( ごいしゅう, goishū )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘집(語彙集) ( eohwijip )
Lao: ຄຳສັບ (lo) ( kham sap )
Malay: kosa kata
Maori: rārangi kupu
Marathi: शब्दसंग्रह m ( śabdasaṅgrah )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: толь бичиг (mn) ( tolʹ bičig )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vokabular n ordliste m or f vokabular n
Ottoman Turkish: لغت ( lügat )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: واژِگان ( vâžegân )
Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz m
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: glosar (ro) n vocabular (ro) n
Russian: терминоло́гия (ru) f ( terminológija ) , номенклату́ра (ru) f ( nomenklatúra ) , слова́рь (ru) ( slovárʹ ) , вокабуля́рий (ru) m ( vokabuljárij ) ( dated )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m faclair m stòr-fhacal m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordlista (sv) c vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: talasalitaan (tl)
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) ( kam-sàp )
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר m ( vokabular )
set of words a person knows
Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مُفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mufradāt ) , ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f ( ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Azerbaijani: söz ehtiyatı
Belarusian: сло́ўнікавы запа́с m ( slóŭnikavy zapás ) , запа́с слоў m ( zapás sloŭ ) , лексіко́н m ( ljeksikón ) , ле́ксіка f ( ljéksika )
Bulgarian: сло́вно бога́тство n ( slóvno bogátstvo ) , ле́ксика (bg) f ( léksika )
Burmese: ဝေါဟာရ (my) ( wau:hara. )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯 / 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語匯 / 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 / 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Crimean Tatar: qamus
Czech: slovní zásoba (cs) f
Danish: ordforråd n vokabularium n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Esperanto: vortprovizo
Estonian: sõnavara
Finnish: sanavarasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m lexique (fr) f
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa ) , სიტყვათა მარაგი ( siṭq̇vata maragi )
German: Wortschatz (de) m Vokabular (de) n Vokabularium (de) n
Greek: λεξιλόγιο (el) n ( lexilógio )
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otsár milím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Icelandic: orðaforði (is) m
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) ( ごい, goi )
Kazakh: сөз байлығы ( söz bailyğy )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) ( eohwi )
Kyrgyz: сөзкурам ( sözkuram )
Lao: ຄຳສັບ (lo) ( kham sap )
Latvian: vārdu krājums
Lithuanian: žodynas (lt) m
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vokabular n ordforråd (no) n ordtilfang
Old English: no such word attested; perhaps closest is wordhord
Persian:
Iranian Persian: واژِگان ( vâžegân )
Plautdietsch: Wieedaschauz m
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n słownik (pl) m zasób słowny m
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
Russian: слова́рь (ru) m ( slovárʹ ) , слова́рный запа́с m ( slovárnyj zapás ) , запа́с слов m ( zapás slov ) , лексико́н (ru) m ( leksikón ) , ле́ксика (ru) f ( léksika ) , вокабуля́р (ru) m ( vokabuljár )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m
Slovak: slovná zásoba f
Slovene: besedni zaklad m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) ( kam-sàp ) , วงศัพท์ (th) ( wong-sàp )
Turkish: kelime hazinesi (tr) , kelime kadrosu (tr) , söz dağarcığı (tr) , söz hazinesi (tr) , söz varlığı (tr) , sözcük hazinesi (tr) , vokabüler (tr)
Ukrainian: запа́с слів m ( zapás sliv ) , словнико́вий запа́с (uk) m ( slovnykóvyj zapás ) , ле́ксика (uk) f ( léksyka ) , лексико́н (uk) m ( leksykón ) , словни́к (uk) m ( slovnýk ) , вокабуля́р m ( vokabuljár )
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi) (詞彙
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
Yiddish: וואָקאַבולאַר m ( vokabular )
stock of words used in a particular field
Arabic: مُفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mufradāt ) , ذَخِيرَة لُغَوِيَّة f ( ḏaḵīra luḡawiyya )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞匯 / 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語匯 / 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 / 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Danish: ordforråd n vokabularium n vokabular n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m terminologie (nl) f vakterminologie f vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: erialasõnavara oskussõnavara terminoloogia (et)
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვარი ( siṭq̇vari ) , ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa )
German: Vokabular (de) n Wortschatz (de) m Wortvorrat m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otsár millím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 用語 (ja) ( ようご, yōgo )
Korean: 용어(用語) (ko) ( yong'eo )
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordforråd (no) n vokabular n
Polish: słownictwo (pl) n nomenklatura (pl) f
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m terminologia (pt) f
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n
Russian: терминоло́гия (ru) f ( terminológija ) , ле́ксика (ru) f ( léksika ) , номенклату́ра (ru) f ( nomenklatúra ) , вокабуля́р (ru) m ( vokabuljár )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m stòr-fhacal m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Turkish: terminoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: терміноло́гія (uk) f ( terminolóhija ) , ле́ксика (uk) f ( léksyka ) , номенклату́ра (uk) f ( nomenklatúra ) , вокабуля́р m ( vokabuljár )
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
words of a language collectively
Afrikaans: woordeskat
Arabic: مَفْرَدَات (ar) f pl ( mafradāt )
Armenian: բառապաշար (hy) ( baṙapašar )
Bulgarian: ре́чников съста́в m ( réčnikov sǎstáv )
Catalan: vocabulari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙 / 词汇 (zh) ( cíhuì ) , 語彙 / 语汇 (zh) ( yǔhuì ) , 字彙 / 字汇 (zh) ( zìhuì )
Danish: ordforråd n
Dutch: woordenschat (nl) m vocabulaire (nl) m or n
Estonian: sõnavara
Faroese: orðatilfar n orðfeingi n
Finnish: sanasto (fi)
French: lexique (fr) f vocabulaire (fr) m
Galician: vocabulario (gl) m
Georgian: სიტყვათა მარაგი ( siṭq̇vata maragi ) , ლექსიკა ( leksiḳa )
German: Vokabular (de) n Wortschatz (de) m
Hebrew: אוֹצַר מִלִּים (he) m ( otsár millím )
Hungarian: szókincs (hu)
Icelandic: orðaforði (is) m
Ingrian: slovari
Italian: vocabolario (it) m
Japanese: 語彙 (ja) ( ごい, goi )
Khmer: វាក្យសព្ទ ( viəkyaʼsap )
Korean: 어휘(語彙) (ko) ( eohwi )
Macedonian: вокабула́р m ( vokabulár )
Malay: kosa kata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordforråd (no) n vokabular n
Polish: słownictwo (pl) m leksyka (pl) f
Portuguese: vocabulário (pt) m
Romanian: vocabular (ro) n lexic (ro) n
Russian: слова́рный запа́с m ( slovárnyj zapás ) , слова́рный соста́в m ( slovárnyj sostáv ) , ле́ксика (ru) f ( léksika ) , вокабуля́р (ru) m ( vokabuljár )
Scottish Gaelic: briathrachas m stòr-fhacal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вокабу̀ла̄р m
Roman: vokabùlār (sh) m
Spanish: vocabulario (es) m léxico (es) m
Swahili: msamiati (sw)
Swedish: ordförråd (sv) n vokabulär (sv) c
Tagalog: sansalitaan
Thai: คำศัพท์ (th) ( kam-sàp )
Turkish: vokabüler (tr)
Udmurt: кылолык ( kylolyk )
Ukrainian: ле́ксика (uk) f ( léksyka ) , лекси́чний запа́с m ( leksýčnyj zapás ) , словни́к (uk) m ( slovnýk ) , вокабуля́р m ( vokabuljár )
Vietnamese: từ vựng (vi)
Welsh: geirfa (cy) f
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