morpheme

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːm/

Noun

morpheme (plural morphemes)

1. (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

   The word pigs consists of two morphemes: pig (a particular animal) and s (indication of the plural).

   The word werewolves consists of three morphemes: were (~ man), wolf (a particular animal), es (plural)

   The word feet consists of two morphemes: foot (a body part) and i-mutation (plural)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:morpheme

Related terms

• allomorph
• bound morpheme
• free morpheme
• lemma
• lexeme
• sememe
• word form

Translations

• French: morphème
• German: Morphem
• Italian: morfema
• Portuguese: morfema
• Russian: морфе́ма
• Spanish: morfema

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