English-French translations for vocabulary

• vocabulaire
  Un changement important de vocabulaire a eu lieu, et le commissaire Pinheiro a employé ce nouveau vocabulaire. An important change of vocabulary has taken place and Commissioner Pinheiro has used that new vocabulary.
  M. Pflüger affirme que ce mot ne fait tout simplement pas partie de son vocabulaire. Mr Pflüger says that this word is simply not in his vocabulary.
  Il appartient généralement au vocabulaire de la gauche. It generally belongs to the vocabulary of the left.
• lexique
• dictionnaire

Definition of vocabulary

• A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning
• The stock of words used in a particular field
• The words of a language collectively
• A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques

Examples

• 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.

Related words

• vocabulary word
• vocabulary test
• vocabulary book
• controlled vocabulary
• active vocabulary
• passive vocabulary
• basic vocabulary