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morpheme
CIDE DICTIONARY
morpheme, n.
The smallest unit of meaning of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning; it is usually smaller than a single wordform, such as the -ed morpheme of verbs in the past tense or the -s morpheme of nouns in the plural form. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
morpheme, n. Linguistics 1 a morphological element considered in respect of its functional relations in a linguistic system.
2 a meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided (e.g. in, come, -ing, forming incoming).
2 a meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided (e.g. in, come, -ing, forming incoming).
Derivative
morphemic adj. morphemically adv.
Etymology
F morph{egrave}me f. Gk morphe form, after PHONEME
THESAURUS
morpheme
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