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lexicalize

Language

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lexicalization

Alternative forms

lexicalise

Etymology

From lexical +‎ -izeCategory:English terms suffixed with -ize#LEXICALIZE.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛksɪkəlaɪz/Category:English 4-syllable words#LEXICALIZE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LEXICALIZE
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LEXICALIZE

Verb

lexicalize (third-person singular simple present lexicalizes, present participle lexicalizing, simple past and past participle lexicalized)Category:English lemmas#LEXICALIZE Category:English verbs#LEXICALIZE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LEXICALIZE Category:Pages with entries#LEXICALIZE Category:Pages with 1 entry#LEXICALIZE

(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#LEXICALIZE, of a term) To become part of the vocabulary of a language as a single lexical unit with a distinct meaning.
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#LEXICALIZE) To accept a term into one's own vocabulary as a distinct lexical unit.
- 1975, Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg, Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach, volume 1, page 192:
  In fact, the child will lexicalize one, two, or three elements of the semantic representation according to his lexicalization span.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LEXICALIZE
  Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned

Derived terms

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Translations

to convert to a single lexical unit

Category:Entries with translation boxes#LEXICALIZE

Catalan: lexicalitzar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LEXICALIZE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 词汇化Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LEXICALIZE
Czech: lexikalizovatCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LEXICALIZE
Danish: leksikalisereCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LEXICALIZE
French: lexicaliser (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LEXICALIZE
German: lexikalisieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LEXICALIZE
Hungarian: lexikalizálCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#LEXICALIZE
Polish: leksykalizować impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LEXICALIZE, zleksykalizować (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LEXICALIZE
Russian: лексикализо́вывать impf (leksikalizóvyvatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LEXICALIZE, лексикализова́ть (ru) pf (leksikalizovátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LEXICALIZE
Spanish: lexicalizar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LEXICALIZE

Category:English 4-syllable words Category:English intransitive verbs Category:English lemmas Category:English terms suffixed with -ize Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with quotations Category:English transitive verbs Category:English verbs Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned Category:Terms with Catalan translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations