semanteme

English

Etymology

From semantic +‎ -eme.

Noun

semanteme (plural semantemes)

1. (linguistics) an indivisible unit of meaning.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 53:

     Toong Cheong spoke more rapidly now, and urgency and embarrassment reduced his speech to essential semantemes.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: semantema m
• Polish: semantem m
• Portuguese: semantema (pt) m
• Turkish: kökanlam