vocabulary
/voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "My Russian vocabulary is very limited."
- "The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people."
- "The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures."
- "Vocabulary provides a foundation from which grammar, phonology, and morphology emerge, and in a subject area it provides access to conceptual knowledge. Vocabulary selection for pedagogical purposes is therefore crucial."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -bulum Latin vocābulum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Medieval Latin vocābulāriumlbor. English vocabulary Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vocābulārium. Doublet of vocabularium.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /voʊˈkæb.jəˌlɛɹ.i/
- British English: /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/