lexicalise
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To make or coin a concept, idea, or phrase into a formal word.
- To accept a new word or expression into the established vocabulary (lexicon) of a language.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- Languages often lexicalise complex social concepts into single terms, like the Danish "hygge."
- The process by which a phrase like "to google" was lexicalised into a verb is an example of modern word formation.
- English has not lexicalised a direct equivalent for the German word "Schadenfreude."
Advanced Usage
- Lexicalisation (noun): The process or result of forming a new word and adding it to a language's lexicon.
- The lexicalisation of technical jargon is common in rapidly evolving fields.
- Often discussed in linguistics regarding gaps in translation, where one language has a single word for a concept another language can only describe with a phrase.
Variants and Related Words
- Lexicalize (verb): The preferred spelling in American English.
- Lexicalisation/Lexicalization (noun): The act or process of lexicalising.
- Lexicon (noun): The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
Synonyms
- Coin (a word or phrase).
- Formalize (into a word).
- Enshrine (in the lexicon).
Antonyms
- Archaise: To make obsolete.
- While English lexicalises new tech terms, it also archaises old ones.
- Describe/Paraphrase: To express with multiple words instead of a single lexical item.
Related Phrases/Concepts
- Lexical Gap: A concept for which a language lacks a single word.
- The lack of a single word for "sibling" in some languages is a noted lexical gap.
- To enter the lexicon: A common phrase meaning to become an accepted word.
- "Blog" entered the lexicon in the late 1990s.
Verb
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make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
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The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English
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