Synonyms for vocabulary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : voʊˈkæb yəˌlɛr i |
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Définition of vocabulary
Origin :- 1530s, "list of words with explanations," from Medieval Latin vocabularium "a list of words," from Latin vocabulum "word, name, noun," from vocare "to name, call" (see voice (n.)). Meaning "range of language of a person or group" is first attested 1753.
- noun language of a person or people
- But it also serves to bring us finally to the vocabulary of Esmond.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- But the shock to her feelings had loosed the good woman's vocabulary.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It was curious how the sense of evil had limited each one's vocabulary.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Chance is a word which ought to be banished from the Christian vocabulary.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Numbering errors in the vocabulary lists are underlined like this.
- Extract from : « Dialogues in French and English » by William Caxton
- Only the other day she said to me, 'We have the instinct, men the vocabulary.'
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Her vocabulary was not rich in phrases for this kind of emergency.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- Alice paused for want of breath and lack of vocabulary for vituperation.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Whatever his faults, fear was a word which found no place in his vocabulary.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
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