sə̇ˈmanˌtēm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French sémantème, from sémant- (from sémantique semantic, semantics) + -ème -eme
: a word (as the noun dog, the verb run, the adjective new, the concrete adverb fast ) or a base (as Latin can- in canis “dog”, curr- in currere “to run”, nov- in novus “new”) that expresses a definite image or idea — distinguished from morpheme