English-Italian translations for lexicon

• lessico
  Ne consegue che tutte le comunicazioni vengono intercettate, per poi essere sistematicamente analizzate tramite computer superpotenti e classificate sulla base di un lessico di parole chiave. Consequently, all communications are intercepted and then analysed by super-computers and classified on the basis of a lexicon of key words.
  Ascoltando questo dibattito, nel quale tanto spesso si sentono le parole ramassage e frontloading, sembra quasi che siano diventate parte del lessico quotidiano del nostro linguaggio di bilancio. Listening to this debate, where the words 'ramassage' and 'frontloading' are being used so often, it seems as though they have become part of the everyday lexicon of our budget language.
  Apparentemente i trasportatori inglesi stanno perdendo tali quote a causa della concorrenza, una parola amata nel lessico comunitario, ma non si tratta di concorrenza leale.It might appear that British hauliers are simply losing business as the result of competition, a favourite word in the EU lexicon. However, the competition is not fair competition.
• vocabolario

Definition of lexicon

• The vocabulary of a language
• A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes
• A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic
• Any dictionary
• A vocabulary specific to a certain subject

Examples

• a baseball lexicon

Related words

• lexicography
• lexicology
• lexicostatistics
• lexicographer
• lexicographically
• lexicographic
• lexicological
• lexicologically
• lexicologist