headword
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɛdwɝd/
Noun[edit]
headword (plural headwords)
- A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
- Coordinate terms: heading, head, subheading, subhead, rubric
- Hypernym: definiendum
- Hyponym: lemma
- (grammar) Any word which may be modified by an adjunct; often, the core noun of a noun phrase.
- Synonym: head
- In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.
Translations[edit]
word used as the title of a section
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word modified by an adjunct
See also[edit]
- headword on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- basic form
- canonical form
- citation form
- dictionary form
- lemma