Kleinste, als selbst. Äußerung vorkommende Einheit der Sprache.
ETYM French See Motto.
(French) “word”; pithy saying; bon mot. mot juste, word or phrase exactly expressing an idea.
1. A word; hence, a motto; a device.
2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
ETYM Latin vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, from vocare to call, from vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. French vocable. Related to Voice.
A word that is spoken aloud; SYN. spoken word.
Word; name; sound.
ETYM as. word; akin to OFries. and os. word, Dutch woord, German wort, Icel. orth, Swed. and Dan. ord, Goth. waúrd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, Latin verbum a word; or perhaps to Greek retor an orator. Related to Verb.
(Homonym: whirred).
1. A unit of language that native speakers can identify.
2. A brief statement.
3. A verbal command for action.
4. A string of bits stored in computer memory.