how to pronounce lex

/ˈlɛks/

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lex is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of lex in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… allowed so the blindness is Lex exert …”

meanings of lex

name:

A pet form of the male given name Alexander.
A pet form of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis.
Lexington.

verb:

To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.

noun:

A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.

lex frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lex occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.