SEMANTEME


Meaning of SEMANTEME in English

[ sɪ'manti:m ]

■ noun Linguistics a minimal distinctive unit of meaning. Compare with sememe .

Origin

1920s: from Fr. sémantème , from sémantique (see semantic ), on the pattern of words such as morphème 'morpheme'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.