morpheme

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Hyponyms 1.2.3 Holonyms 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.2.5 Related terms 1.2.6 Translations 1.3 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/, SAMPA: /'mO:(r)fi:m/

[edit] Noun

morpheme (plural morphemes)

1. (linguistics) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

   The word pigs consists of two morphemes: pig (a particular animal) and s (indication of the plural).

   The word werewolves' consists of morphemes: "were" (~ man), "wolf" (a particular animal), "es" (plural), and "'" (indicating possessive).

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:morpheme

[edit] Hyponyms

• prefix
• suffix

[edit] Holonyms

• word

[edit] Derived terms

• morphemic

[edit] Related terms

• free morpheme
• bound morpheme
• allomorph
• lexeme
• lemma
• word form

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• chereme
• chroneme
• grapheme
• lexeme
• listeme
• phoneme
• toneme