types:
antonyme,
contraire
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
mot sens
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
contraction
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
forme
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
gros mot
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
mot fonctionnel
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
en-tête,
entrée
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
hyponyme
a word that is more specific than a given word
hybride
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
emprunt
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
palindrome
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
mot synonyme,
synonyme
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
terme
a word or expression used for some particular thing
nomenclature
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
mot valise
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
pluriel
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
singulier
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
entrée
the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
nom
a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
verbe
a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
déterminant
one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
préposition
a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
pronom
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
conjonction
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
acronyme
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name