lexicon
英 ['leksɪk(ə)n]
美 ['lɛksɪkən]
語源
辞書ギリシャ語のlexis「言葉」から、PIE*leg「言う」に由来し、語源的には講義と同じ。
英語の語源
- lexicon (n.)
- c. 1600, "a dictionary," from Middle French lexicon or directly from Modern Latin lexicon, from Greek lexikon (biblion) "word (book)," from neuter of lexikos "pertaining to words," from lexis "word," from legein "say" (see lecture (n.)).
Used originally of dictionaries of Greek, Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic, because these typically were in Latin and in Modern Latin lexicon, not dictionarius, was the preferred word. The modern sense of "vocabulary proper to some sphere of activity" (1640s) is a figurative extension.
例文
- 1. the lexicon of finance and economics
- 財経用語
dl>- 2.Chocolate equals sin in most people 's lexicon .
- チョコレートはほとんどの人の辞書では罪に等しい。
- 3.Again according to the Lexicon ，Bill was born in 1970.
- も百科事典によると、ビルは1970年生まれ。
＜dl>＜dt＞4.Silent earthquakes are only just beginning to enter the public
lexicon .
無声地震は周知の語彙になり始めたばかりだ。＜dl>＜dt＞5.Some fades quickly，but some becomes a part of the national lexicon .中にはすぐに忘れられてしまうスラングもありますが、最終的にはその言語の一部になるものもあります。