"content word" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: content words [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} content word (plural content words)
  1. (linguistics, lexicography) A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs. Wikipedia link: Function word Categories (topical): Lexicography, Linguistics Synonyms: lexical word Translations (Translations): كَلِمَة الْمُحْتَوَى (kalimat al-muḥtawā) [feminine] (Arabic), inhoudswoord [neuter] (Dutch), sisältösana (Finnish), mot plein [masculine] (French), mot lexical [masculine] (French), Autosemantikum [neuter] (German), Autosemantikon [neuter] (German), Inhaltswort [neuter] (German), parola piena [feminine] (Italian), 内容語 (naiyōgo) (Japanese), 어휘형태소 (eohwihyeongtaeso) (Korean), palavra lexical [feminine] (Portuguese), знамена́тельное сло́во (znamenátelʹnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), самостоятельное сло́во (samostojatelʹnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), полнозначное сло́во (polnoznačnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), palabra léxica [feminine] (Spanish), palabra pleremática [feminine] (Spanish), içerikli sözcük (Turkish), gair cynnwys [masculine] (Welsh)

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