morpheme
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
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