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Italian: lemmario

English translation: list of entry words







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Italian term or phrase:lemmario
English translation:list of entry words
Entered by:Vittorio Felaco
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / lexicography
Italian term or phrase: lemmario
Is 'word list' used or is there a more technical term?

Referring to the 'lemmario' of a dictionary
Gem646
United Kingdom
list of entry words
Explanation:
It's normally a list of words that represent the "lemmi," the ones that dictionaries more often than not define and translate as headwords, a kind of main linguistic entry from which many other words originate. You should be able to find it in any bilingual dictionary.
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Vittorio Felaco
United States
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Thank you
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1lexicon
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +2list of entry wordsVittorio Felaco
4lemma-listMario Marcolin


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lexicon

Explanation:
lessico is what the dictionary says back into Italian - but "lexicon" is what we most frequently use in linguistics

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

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agree Science451
3 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
list of entry words

Explanation:
It's normally a list of words that represent the "lemmi," the ones that dictionaries more often than not define and translate as headwords, a kind of main linguistic entry from which many other words originate. You should be able to find it in any bilingual dictionary.

Vittorio Felaco
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 3
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Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Mario Marcolin: for some languages yes
7 hrs
  -> Grazie! Ma si parla di italiano e inglese, se non erro.
agree nothing: This is it. Lexicon is the list of all the "lemmi" in a particular language, not in a dictionary, which will usually include only part of the lexicon
1 day22 hrs
  -> Mario, did you look in the introduction in many classic bilingual dictionaries?
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lemma-list

Explanation:
A list of lemmas, ie headwords/lexicon entries

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Note added at 7 hrs 54 mins (2004-07-25 20:46:22 GMT)
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In some languages the lemmas are not full words but a main word formative

Mario Marcolin
Sweden
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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