The ideal lexicographer knows simply everything; unfortunately, that's impossible.
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Lexicographer
//ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "lexicographer" (71 found)
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60 translations across 43 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բառարանագիր noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Asturian
2 entries- lexicógrafa noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicógrafu noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- lüğətçi noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Belarusian
1 entries- лексіко́граф noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Catalan
2 entries- lexicògraf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicògrafa noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 詞典編纂者 /词典编纂者 noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Czech
2 entries- lexikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- slovníkář noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Danish
1 entries- leksikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Dutch
1 entries- lexicograaf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Estonian
1 entries- leksikograaf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Finnish
2 entries- sanakirjantekijä noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- sanakirjantoimittaja noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
French
1 entries- lexicographe noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Galician
1 entries- dicionarista noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
German
2 entries- Lexikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- Lexikografin noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Greek
1 entries- λεξικογράφος noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Hindi
1 entries- कोशकार noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Hungarian
1 entries- szótáríró noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Irish
1 entries- foclóirí noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Italian
2 entries- lessicografa noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lessicografo noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Japanese
1 entries- 辞書編集者 noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Kazakh
1 entries- сөздікші noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Korean
1 entries- 사전 편찬자 noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сөздүкчү noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Latvian
2 entries- leksikogrāfe noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- leksikogrāfs noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Lithuanian
3 entries- leksikografas noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- žodýnininkas noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- žodýnininkė noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- leksikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- leksikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Polish
1 entries- leksykograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Portuguese
2 entries- dicionarista noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicógrafo noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕੋਸ਼ਕਾਰ noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Romanian
2 entries- lexicograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicografă noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Russian
2 entries- лексико́граф noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- слова́рник noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- facladair noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- faclairiche noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- leksikògraf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Spanish
2 entries- lexicógrafa noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicógrafo noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanaleksikografia noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Swedish
1 entries- lexikograf noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Tagalog
1 entries- leksikograpo noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Turkish
1 entries- sözlükçü noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лексико́граф noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- словника́р noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Uzbek
1 entries- lugʻatchi noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Volapük
3 entries- vödabukihilautan noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- vödabukijilautan noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- vödabukilautan noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Welsh
1 entries- geiriadurwr noun (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is a renowned lexicographer.
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Ziri is a lexicographer.
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Ziri became a lexicographer.
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