lexicalized

• Qualifie un mot ou une expression qui est devenu un élément figé et conventionnel du lexique d'une langue, souvent avec un sens spécifique non prédictible à partir de ses parties.

Describes a word or phrase that has become a fixed, conventional item in the lexicon of a language, often with a specific meaning not predictable from its parts.

1. Expressed by a single wordC2formal

   Describing a concept or idea that is conventionally represented as a single lexical item in a language, rather than being expressed through a phrase or periphrasis.

   Lexicalisé

   • The concept of 'schadenfreude' is lexicalized in German but not in English.
   • In many languages, politeness is lexicalized through specific pronoun forms.
   • The term 'googling' has become lexicalized as a verb meaning to search online.

   Antonymesperiphrastic