headword
A word used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary,…A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
» In this dictionary the pronunciation comes right after the headword.
Bei diesem Wörterbuch kommt die Aussprache direkt nach dem Stichwort.
Meaning
2 sensesA word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
Stichwort, Schlagwort, Stichpunkt
загла́вное сло́воzaglávnoje slóvo
заголо́вне сло́воzaholóvne slóvo
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
The head of a phrase.
In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.
Examples
3 sentencesIn this dictionary the pronunciation comes right after the headword.
deBei diesem Wörterbuch kommt die Aussprache direkt nach dem Stichwort.
Headwords in the dictionary are ordered alphabetically.
deDie Stichwörter des Wörterbuchs sind alphabetisch geordnet.
Headwords in the dictionary are listed in alphabetical order.
deDie Stichwörter des Wörterbuchs sind in alphabetischer Reihenfolge.
Translations
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Origin
From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hooFrom head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).
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Forms
plural: headwordsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a content word that can be qualified by a modifier:head word