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nounmasculinetécnico/lɛˈksiku/medium

le·xi·co

Definition

The vocabulary of a language; the complete set of words.
The Portuguese lexicon incorporated many words of Arabic origin.
Linguists study the evolution of a language's lexicon over time.
Common collocations
mental lexiconlexical itemlexical richness

Etymology

Do grego 'lexikón', através do latim 'lexicon'.

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