Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colexify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: colex-i-fy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ascribe multiple meanings to the same word.

Example Sentences

"A language colexifies two distinct senses if it can express them using the same lexical form. For example, English colexifies ‘wood as material’ and ‘firewood’, because it can designate both these senses using the same word wood. (The notion of colexification is not whether a language must express two senses identically, but whether it can.) […] In sum, the two senses in question are dislexified in Spanish, but colexified in English. […] A language may dislexify two senses at a certain point in history, but its descendant may colexify them, or vice versa."

Etymology

From co- + lexify.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: co-

Inflected Forms

colexifies (present, singular) colexifying (participle, present) colexified (participle, past) colexified (past)

Derived Forms

colexification

Synonyms

coexpress

Antonyms

dislexify distinguish

Questions

What does colexify mean?: To ascribe multiple meanings to the same word.
Where does colexify come from?: From co- + lexify.

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