Lexicalize (Verb)
Meaning
Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The new slang term has been lexicalized in informal usage, although it hasn't made its way into formal language yet.
- Several recent neologisms have been lexicalized in internet culture before entering other aspects of language.
- After years of gradual use, the technical term was finally lexicalized in the latest updates of major dictionaries.
- While Japanese and Korean have separate words for this emotion, it is not lexicalized in many Western languages.
- Proponents argue that this new concept should be lexicalized in our language to better express ourselves on the matter.