lexicographer
One who writes or compiles a dictionaryOne who writes or compiles a dictionary.
» Tom is a renowned lexicographer.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who writes or compiles a dictionary.
Lexikograf, Lexikografin
лексико́графleksikógraf, слова́рникslovárnik
лексико́графleksykóhraf, словника́рslovnykár
- a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
Examples
5 sentencesTom is a renowned lexicographer.
The ideal lexicographer knows simply everything; unfortunately, that's impossible.
ruИдеальный лексикограф знает просто всё, но это, к сожалению, невозможно.
deDer ideale Wörterbuchautor weiß einfach alles, aber das ist leider nicht möglich.
Ziri is a lexicographer.
Ziri became a lexicographer.
The team of more than five hundred lexicographers managed to finish the dictionary in just under seven years of persistent dedicated work.
Translations
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Origin
From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher.
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Forms
plural: lexicographers| Singular | lexicographer |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language:lexicologist