figure of speech
literally
object language
false friend
loanword
derivative
linguistic landscape
vocable
partial false friend
pseudo-loan
monophrasis
parasynonym
acceptation
nonverbatim
lexical definition
root
Oïl language
verbal
spoken word
hybrid
nonadjective
confusable
antonym
equivocal
onomato-
-onym
⠘⠺
lexical semantics
figure
trope
second language
image
usagist
abbreviation
pseudolanguage
pro-form
heterological
wordly
nonterm
lexicalized concept
plesionym
OOV
epithet
borrowing
deverbal
book word
ancestor
counterdefinition
lexicon
glossism
pronunciation
orthoepy
razzmatazz
good language
notional opposite
untranslatable
lexic
prenominal
loaded language
indefinable
catachresis
deadjectival
etymologize
word-hoard
crude
metalinguistic
protoword
metaphor
antiphrase
import
protoform
grammaticolexical
metalanguage
signification
implication
asemantic
significance
wordmongering
lingually
descriptive adjective
metaphoreme
nonlanguage
to be frank
glossonym
opposite word
nonsensely
opposite
read between the lines
indeclinable
underdrift
wh-word
translative
ad verbum
ellipse
parlour game
cryptic crossword
lexical

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