lexicologist

• Nom désignant une personne qui compose ou écrit des dictionnaires, ou un spécialiste qui étudie le lexique d'une langue.

A noun referring to a person who compiles or writes dictionaries, or a scholar who studies the lexical component of language.

1. Dictionary compiler or vocabulary scholarC1formal

   A specialist in lexicography who compiles, writes, or edits dictionaries, or scientifically studies the lexical elements of a language.

   lexicographe

   • The lexicologist spent over a decade compiling the new etymological dictionary.
   • She was hired as a lexicologist to update the online vocabulary database.
   • Lexicologists track how new words enter common usage.
   • As a lexicologist, he focuses on the study of word origins and meanings.

   Synonymesglossaristlexicographer