LEXICALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lexicalise mean? 

• LEXICALISE (verb)
  The verb LEXICALISE has 1 sense:

1. make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language

  Familiarity information: LEXICALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEXICALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lexicalise    ... he / she / it lexicalises   
Past simple: lexicalised   
Past participle: lexicalised   
-ing form: lexicalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

lexicalise; lexicalize

Context example:

The concept expressed by German 'Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English

Hypernyms (to "lexicalise" is one way to...):

articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something