termineme

English

Etymology

Analogous to phoneme, morpheme, lexeme, from Medieval Latin terminus (“a term”) -eme.

Noun

termineme (plural terminemes)

1. (linguistics), (terminology) The smallest unbreakable element of the study of terminology.

   Synonym: terminological unit

Representation of termineme “morphology" and its allotermins

Related terms

• allotermin
• bound termineme
• free termineme

Translations

the smallest unbreakable element (terminology)

• Turkish: terimbirim

References

• Yalap, H. & Biçer, Y. (2022). Phrasal loan translation terms in the master’s theses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET), 10(1). 162-190.