morpheme
Appearance
English
[edit]WOTD – 17 May 2012, 17 May 2013, 17 May 2014, 17 May 2015
Etymology
[edit]From French morphème. Ultimately from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”). By surface analysis, morph + -eme.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.fiːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fim/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.fiːm/
Noun
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morpheme (plural morphemes)
- (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.
Hyponyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]smallest linguistic unit
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “morpheme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “morpheme”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- morpheme in Britannica Dictionary
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -eme
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Linguistic morphology
- en:Grammar
- en:Linguistics
- en:Semantics
