1. make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; - Example: "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English" [syn: lexicalize, lexicalise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lexicalise
v 1: make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the
lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German
`Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English" [syn:
lexicalize, lexicalise]