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headword

headword

English

Noun

headword ‎(plural headwords)

a word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus
(grammar) any word which may be modified by an adjunct
In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.

Synonyms

(grammar): head

Translations

a word used as the title of a section

Armenian: գլխաբառ (hy) ‎(glxabaṙ)
Catalan: entrada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 標題字, 标题字 ‎(biāodìzì)
Esperanto: kapvorto (eo)
Finnish: hakusana (fi)
French: mot vedette (fr) m, vedette (fr) f
German: Stichwort (de) n, Schlagwort (de) n, Stichpunkt (de) m
Japanese: 見出し語 ‎(みだしご, midashigo)

Latvian: šķirklis m
Norwegian: oppslagsord n
Polish: hasło (pl) n
Portuguese: entrada (pt) f
Russian: загла́вное сло́во n ‎(zaglávnoje slóvo)
Scottish Gaelic: ceannfhacal m
Spanish: lema (es) m, entrada (es) f, palabra principal f
Swedish: uppslagsord (sv) n, stickord (sv) n
Welsh: prifair m

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