morpheme

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Etymology

From French morphème, equivalent to morph + -eme.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɔː.fiːm/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmɔɹ.fim/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈmoː.fiːm/

Noun

morpheme (plural morphemes)

1. (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:morpheme

   Coordinate terms: chereme, chroneme, grapheme, lexeme, listeme, phoneme, sememe, taxeme, toneme

Translations

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

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