LEXEME


Meaning of LEXEME in English

[ 'lɛksi:m ]

■ noun Linguistics a basic lexical unit of a language consisting of one or several words, the elements of which do not separately convey the meaning of the whole.

Origin

1940s: from lexicon + -eme .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.