VERB | communication | lexicalize, lexicalise | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language |
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Meaning | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The concept expressed by German 'Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English" | |
Synonym | lexicalise | |
Broader | give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate | put into words or an expression |
Spanish | lexicalizar | |
Catalan | lexicalitzar | |
Nouns | lexicalization | the process of making a word to express a concept |
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