[voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee] 
| 1. | the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing. |
| 2. | a list or collection of the words or phrases of a language, technical field, etc., usually arranged in alphabetical order and defined: Study the vocabulary in the fourth chapter. |
| 3. | the words of a language. |
| 4. | any collection of signs or symbols constituting a means or system of nonverbal communication: vocabulary of a computer. |
| 5. | any more or less specific group of forms characteristic of an artist, a style of art, architecture, or the like. |
| vo·cab·u·lar·y (vō-kāb'yə-lěr'ē) n. pl. vo·cab·u·lar·ies
[French vocabulaire, from Old French, from Medieval Latin vocābulārium, from neuter of vocābulārius, of words, from Latin vocābulum, name; see vocable.] |
yəˌlɛr
