morpheme

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Morpheme

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EtymologyEdit

From French morphème.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːm/

NounEdit

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 four morphemes: "were" (~ man), "wolf" (a particular animal), "es" (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:morpheme

HyponymsEdit

• prefix
• suffix
• affix

HolonymsEdit

• word

Derived termsEdit

• morphemic

Related termsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

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