word formation

See also: word-formation

English

Alternative forms

• word-formation

Noun

word formation (countable and uncountable, plural word formations)

1. (linguistics) The formation of new words by the processes of derivation and composition.

Derived terms

• word-formational

Translations

formation of new words

• Armenian: բառակազմություն (hy) (baṙakazmutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 造詞法／造词法 (zou⁶ ci⁴ faat³)

  Mandarin: 造詞法／造词法 (zàocífǎ)

• Crimean Tatar: söz yapıluvı
• Czech: slovotvorba f
• Finnish: sananmuodostus
• Georgian: სიტყვაწარმოქმნა (siṭq̇vac̣armokmna), სიტყვათწარმოქმნა (siṭq̇vatc̣armokmna)
• German: Wortbildung (de)
• Hungarian: szóképzés (hu), (especially coinage) szóalkotás (hu)
• Kazakh: сөзжасам (sözjasam)
• Kyrgyz: сөз түзүү (söz tüzüü)
• Polish: słowotwórstwo (pl) n
• Romanian: formare de cuvinte f, formarea cuvintelor f
• Russian: словообразова́ние (ru) (slovoobrazovánije)
• Ukrainian: словотвір (slovotvir)

See also

• coinage