Lexicology

Lexˊi-col′o-gy

(lĕksˊĭ-kŏl′ō̍-jy̆)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

λεξικόν

lexicon +

-logy

: cf. F.

lexicologie

.]

The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

,

Noun.

[Gr. a dictionary_webster1828, and discourse.]

The science of words; that branch of learning which treats of the proper signification and just application of words.

lexicology ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)

(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
- 1949 Journal of Theological Studies
  The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

linguistic discipline

Albanian: leksikologji (sq) f
Armenian: բառագիտություն (hy) ‎(baṙagitutʿyun), բառաքննություն (hy) ‎(baṙakʿnnutʿyun)
Belarusian: лексікало́гія f ‎(ljeksikalóhija)
Catalan: lexicologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞彙學 (zh), 词汇学 (zh) ‎(cíhuìxué)
Czech: lexikologie (cs) f
Esperanto: leksikologio
Finnish: sanasto-oppi (fi), leksikologia (fi)
French: lexicologie (fr) f
German: Lexikologie (de) f
Icelandic: orðfræði f