MORPHEME


Meaning of MORPHEME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmȯr-ˌfēm ]

noun

Etymology: French morphème, from Greek morphē form

Date: 1926

: a distinctive collocation of phonemes (as the free form pin or the bound form -s of pins ) having no smaller meaningful parts

• mor·phe·mic mȯr-ˈfē-mik adjective

• mor·phe·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

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