"headword" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛdwɜːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɛdwɝd/ [General-American] Forms: headwords [plural]
Etymology: From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|word}} head + word, {{cog|fy|haadwurd||noun, substantive, headword}} West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), {{cog|nl|hoofdwoord||headword}} Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), {{cog|de|Hauptwort||noun, substantive, headword}} German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), {{cog|sv|huvudord||headword, keyword}} Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} headword (plural headwords)
  1. A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus. Translations (word used as the title of a section): գլխաբառ (glxabaṙ) (Armenian), entrada [feminine] (Catalan), 標題字 (Chinese Mandarin), 标题字 (biāodìzì) (Chinese Mandarin), trefwoord [neuter] (Dutch), kapvorto (Esperanto), hakusana (Finnish), mot vedette [masculine] (French), vedette [feminine] (French), სასათაურო სიტყვა (sasatauro siṭq̇va) (Georgian), ვოკაბულა (voḳabula) (Georgian), Stichwort [neuter] (German), Schlagwort [neuter] (German), Stichpunkt [masculine] (German), címszó (Hungarian), voce [feminine] (Italian), 見出し語 (midashigo) (alt: みだしご) (Japanese), šķirklis [masculine] (Latvian), oppslagsord [neuter] (Norwegian), hasło [neuter] (Polish), entrada [feminine] (Portuguese), cuvânt-titlu [neuter] (Romanian), загла́вное сло́во (zaglávnoje slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), ceannfhacal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), lema [masculine] (Spanish), entrada [feminine] (Spanish), palabra principal [feminine] (Spanish), kidahizo (Swahili), uppslagsord [neuter] (Swedish), stickord [neuter] (Swedish), prifair [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-headword-en-noun-OOPGow8d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'word used as the title of a section': 82 18
  2. (grammar) Any word which may be modified by an adjunct; often, the core noun of a noun phrase. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: head Translations (word modified by an adjunct): pääsana (Finnish), jälkiosa (note: in a compound term) (Finnish), főtag (Hungarian), alaptag (Hungarian), fej (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-headword-en-noun-P4uIxk63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 49 51 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word modified by an adjunct': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: head word Related terms: basic form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, lemma

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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      "word": "գլխաբառ"
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      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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      "word": "mot vedette"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasatauro siṭq̇va",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "word": "სასათაურო სიტყვა"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "voḳabula",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "word": "ვოკაბულა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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      "word": "Stichpunkt"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "word": "címszó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "voce"
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      "word": "見出し語"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "šķirklis"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "oppslagsord"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "hasło"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "entrada"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "cuvânt-titlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaglávnoje slóvo",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "загла́вное сло́во"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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      "word": "ceannfhacal"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lema"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "entrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "palabra principal"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
      "word": "kidahizo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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      "word": "uppslagsord"
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      "word": "stickord"
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      "sense": "word used as the title of a section",
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      "word": "prifair"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pääsana"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "in a compound term",
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      "word": "jälkiosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word modified by an adjunct",
      "word": "főtag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word modified by an adjunct",
      "word": "alaptag"
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      "sense": "word modified by an adjunct",
      "word": "fej"
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}

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