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relex

relex noun: a conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.

Noun

relex (plural relexes)

  1. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.
    • Lojban started as a relex of Loglan, but the languages' grammars have since diverged.
    • Most of the artlangs I've seen certainly are not relexes, or anything close.1998 November 5, David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>, “Re: LUNATIC again”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu
  2. (broadly) A programming language that differs from another only by the names of keywords, functions, etc.

Forms of relex

pluralrelexes

Origin of relex

Clipping of relexification.

Questions about relex

What does relex mean?
Relex means a conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an existing language.
What part of speech is relex?
Relex is a noun.
What is the plural of relex?
The plural of relex is relexes.

Words near relex in the dictionary

  1. relevies
  2. relevy
  3. relevying
  4. relevé
  5. relevés
  6. relex
  7. relexes
  8. relexicalise
  9. relexicalised
  10. relexicalises
  11. relexicalising

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