vocabulaire

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vocabulaire, from Late Latin vocābulārium, from Latin vocabulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvoː.kaː.byˈlɛːr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧bu‧lai‧re
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

vocabulaire n or m (plural vocabulaires)

1. vocabulary

   Synonym: woordenschat

2. vocabulary list, word list

   Synonym: woordenlijst

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vocābulārium, from Latin vocabulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.ka.by.lɛʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

Noun

vocabulaire m (plural vocabulaires)

1. vocabulary

Derived terms

• vocabulaire actif
• vocabulaire passif

Related terms

• vocable

Descendants

• → Dutch: vocabulaire
• → Turkish: vokabüler

Further reading

• “vocabulaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.