"lexicographer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-lexicographer.oga Forms: lexicographers [plural]
Etymology: From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|lexicographe}} French lexicographe, {{af|en|-er}} -er, {{der|en|grc|λεξικός||of words}} Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), {{surf|en|lexico-|-grapher}} By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher Head templates: {{en-noun}} lexicographer (plural lexicographers)
  1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary. Wikipedia link: lexicographer Categories (topical): Lexicography, Occupations, People Synonyms: dictionarian, dictionarist, lexicographist Related terms: lexicography, lexicon, lexicologist Translations (one who writes or compiles a dictionary): բառարանագիր (baṙaranagir) (Armenian), lexicógrafu [masculine] (Asturian), lexicógrafa [feminine] (Asturian), lüğətçi (Azerbaijani), лексіко́граф (ljeksikóhraf) [masculine] (Belarusian), lexicògraf [masculine] (Catalan), lexicògrafa [feminine] (Catalan), 詞典編纂者 (Chinese Mandarin), 词典编纂者 (cídiǎn biānzuǎn zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), lexikograf [masculine] (Czech), slovníkář [masculine] (Czech), leksikograf [common-gender] (Danish), lexicograaf [masculine] (Dutch), leksikograaf (Estonian), sanakirjantekijä (Finnish), sanakirjantoimittaja (Finnish), lexicographe [masculine] (French), Lexikograf [masculine] (German), Lexikografin [feminine] (German), λεξικογράφος (lexikográfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), szótáríró (Hungarian), foclóirí [masculine] (Irish), lessicografo [masculine] (Italian), lessicografa [feminine] (Italian), 辞書編集者 (jisho henshūsha) (alt: じしょへんしゅうしゃ) (Japanese), сөздікші (sözdıkşı) (Kazakh), 사전 편찬자 (sajeon pyeonchanja) (alt: 辭典編纂者) (Korean), сөздүкчү (sözdükcü) (Kyrgyz), leksikogrāfs [masculine] (Latvian), leksikogrāfe [feminine] (Latvian), leksikografas [masculine] (Lithuanian), žodýnininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), žodýnininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), leksikograf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leksikograf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), leksykograf [masculine, person] (Polish), lexicógrafo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕੋਸ਼ਕਾਰ (kośkār) [masculine] (Punjabi), lexicograf [masculine] (Romanian), lexicografă [feminine] (Romanian), лексико́граф (leksikógraf) [masculine] (Russian), слова́рник (slovárnik) [masculine] (Russian), faclairiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), facladair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), leksikògraf [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lexicógrafo [masculine] (Spanish), lexicógrafa [feminine] (Spanish), mwanaleksikografia (Swahili), lexikograf [common-gender] (Swedish), leksikograpo (Tagalog), sözlükçü (Turkish), лексико́граф (leksykóhraf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), словника́р (slovnykár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lugʻatchi (Uzbek), vödabukilautan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), vödabukihilautan [masculine] (Volapük), vödabukijilautan [feminine] (Volapük), geiriadurwr [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "text": "Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.",
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "lexicògrafa"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "詞典編纂者"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cídiǎn biānzuǎn zhě",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
          "word": "词典编纂者"
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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "leksikograaf"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
          "word": "sanakirjantoimittaja"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          "code": "pa",
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          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lexicógrafa"
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        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
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        {
          "code": "tl",
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        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
          "word": "sözlükçü"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лексико́граф"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
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          "code": "vo",
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          "code": "vo",
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          "code": "cy",
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        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Uzbek translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
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          "text": "Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.",
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        {
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          "ref": "1860, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Biographies contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica:",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "baṙaranagir",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "բառարանագիր"
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "lexicógrafu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicógrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "lüğətçi"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljeksikóhraf",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лексіко́граф"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicògraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicògrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "詞典編纂者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cídiǎn biānzuǎn zhě",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "词典编纂者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slovníkář"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "leksikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicograaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "leksikograaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "sanakirjantekijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "sanakirjantoimittaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicographe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lexikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lexikografin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lexikográfos",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λεξικογράφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "szótáríró"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foclóirí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lessicografo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lessicografa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じしょへんしゅうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jisho henshūsha",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "辞書編集者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sözdıkşı",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "сөздікші"
    },
    {
      "alt": "辭典編纂者",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sajeon pyeonchanja",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "사전 편찬자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sözdükcü",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "сөздүкчү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikogrāfs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikogrāfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikografas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žodýnininkas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žodýnininkė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "leksykograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicógrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kośkār",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਕੋਸ਼ਕਾਰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicografă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "leksikógraf",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лексико́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovárnik",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "слова́рник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faclairiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "facladair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leksikògraf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicógrafo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lexicógrafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "mwanaleksikografia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lexikograf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "leksikograpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "sözlükçü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "leksykóhraf",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лексико́граф"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slovnykár",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "словника́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "word": "lugʻatchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vödabukilautan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vödabukihilautan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vödabukijilautan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who writes or compiles a dictionary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geiriadurwr"
    }
  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.