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Definition of morphème in English English dictionary

morpheme
The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable"

The word werewolves' consists of morphemes: were (~ man), wolf (a particular animal), es (plural), and ' (indicating possessive).

morpheme
The smallest linguistic unit that can carry a meaning
morpheme
The smallest meaningful unit of language
morpheme
the smallest unit of single or combined sounds denoting meaning within a given language
morpheme
A word or part of a word, not further divisible into meaningful parts
morpheme
A unit of meaning in a language
morpheme
A word such as wait, or a part of a word, as ed in waited, not further divisible into a meaningful part
morpheme
the smallest unit of sound that carries a distinct meaning
morpheme
In linguistics, the smallest unit of meaning; morphemes are put together to form words, or sometimes a word may consist of a single morpheme Morphemes are themselves made up of phonemes For example, the word "logs" is made up of two morphemes, "log" and "s" -- "s" is a morpheme that is often used in English to indicate the plural
morpheme
the smallest unit of meaning in grammar
morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning Any word or part of a word that conveys meaning and cannot be further divided into smaller meaningful elements
morpheme
Smallest meaning unit in the formation of a word Free morphemes may occur as independent words; bound morphemes always occur within a word attached to a stem or base word
morpheme
The smallest contrastive unit of grammar A minimally distinctive unit of meaning in the context of a particular language For example, cats consists of two morphemes: cat and -s, the plural suffix The -s is called a bound form while cat is a free (or stand alone) form dogs also has the -s but it is pronounced /z/
morpheme
the smallest unit of meaning A word may consist of one morpheme (need), two morphemes (need/less, need/ing) or three or more morphemes (un/happi/ness) Suffixes and prefixes are morphemes
morpheme
a meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a root word or a word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts "Pick" and "s", in the word "picks," are morphemes See also: phoneme
morpheme
A meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as -ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
morpheme
The smallest unit of language that is grammatically significant Morphemes may be bound, ie they cannot exist on their own; eg -er,un-, -ed, mis- ; or they can be free, as is ball in football
morpheme
The most basic unit of sound that has meaning in English, the sound "pa"
morpheme
A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words `the', `in', and `girl' consist of one morpheme. The word `girls' consists of two morphemes: `girl' and `s'. the smallest unit of meaning in a language. The words 'so', 'the' and 'boy' consist of one morpheme. 'Boys' consists of two morphemes, 'boy' and 's'. (morphème, from morphe + -eme (as in phoneme)). In linguistics, the smallest grammatical unit of speech. It may be an entire word (cat) or an element of a word (re- and -ed in reappeared). In so-called isolating languages, like Vietnamese, each word contains a single morpheme; in languages such as English, words often contain multiple morphemes. The study of morphemes is included in morphology
morpheme
{i} smallest meaningful language unit (Morphology)
morpheme
The smallest element of a language that carries meaning
morpheme
A Minimal strech of speech taht has a meaning, either grammatical or independent
morpheme
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
morpheme
In linguistics, any word or word part that conveys meaning, cannot be divided into smaller elements conveying meaning, and usually occurs in a variety of contexts with relatively stable meaning
morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning in a language (e g , prefix or suffix) that is combined with other such units in various ways to create words (Solso)
morpheme
the smallest unit of single or combined sounds that denotes meaning within a given language
morpheme
the minimal sign, un decomposable in a given synchronic state E g ,retropropulseurs contains five morphemes
Morpheus
A deity from the Greek pantheon, he was the god of dreams
bound morpheme
A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example, -ed, -ing, -ly
cranberry morpheme
A bound morpheme within a complex word which is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language. May refer narrowly to morphemes which occur in a single word, or more broadly to fossilized morphemes generally
morpheme.
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Morpheus
{i} god of sleep (Greek Mythology)
Morpheus
in the arms of Morpheus asleep. In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of dreams. He was one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), god of sleep. Morpheus sent human shapes of all kinds to the dreamer, while his brothers Phobetor and Phantasus sent the forms of animals and inanimate objects
bound morpheme
A bound morpheme can only occur in connection with other morphemes Example: -s, -ion, un-, -ize
bound morpheme
A bound morpheme is a prefix or suffix, which cannot stand as a word in its own right, but which, can be attached to a free morpheme and modify the meaning of the free morpheme For example, "happy" is a free morpheme, which becomes "unhappily" when the prefix "un-", and suffix "-ly", both bound morphemes, are attached
bound morpheme
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
bound morpheme
A morpheme that must be attached to a free morpheme to have meaning
free morpheme
a morpheme that can occur alone
morphemes
Meaningful combinations of sound units in a language
morphemes
Plural of morpheme
morphemes
Parts of a word which singly or together convey meaning
morphemes
The smallest units of meaning in a language (p 287)
morphemes
morphemes are the smalles units of a language that carry meaning A word can be comprised of one or more morpheme
morphemic
{s} of or about the smallest meaningful language unit (Morphology)
morphemic
of or relating to morphemics or to a morpheme
morphemic
of or relating to morphemes
morphemically
by morphemes, with the smallest meaningful unit of language (Morphology)
morpheus
The god of dreams
morpheus
the Roman god of sleep and dreams
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