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morpheme

[ mawr-feem ]

noun

Linguistics.
  1. any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph ( def 2 ), morph ( def 1 ).


morpheme

/ ˈ³¾É”Ë´Ú¾±Ë³¾ /

noun

  1. linguistics a speech element having a meaning or grammatical function that cannot be subdivided into further such elements
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Derived Forms

  • ³¾´Ç°ùˈ±è³ó±ð³¾¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • ³¾´Ç°ùˈ±è³ó±ð³¾¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç°ù·±è³ó±ðm¾±³¦ adjective
  • ³¾´Ç°ù·±è³ó±ðm¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of morpheme1

1895–1900; < French ³¾´Ç°ù±è³óè³¾±ð; morph-, -eme
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of morpheme1

C20: from French, from Greek ³¾´Ç°ù±è³óŧ form, coined on the model of phoneme ; see -eme
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How does morpheme compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

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Example Sentences

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In a multistage process of evolution, words describing diverse body parts had changed into morphemes referring to different zones and fused with content words to yield meaning.

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Those words are made up of morphemes, small elements that change their meaning depending on how they are combined.

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On the pretext of performing usability testing for Sparkle Dungeon 5, she is taught “power morphemes†— ways to condense layers of meaning into abstract sounds that can bend real-world physics, shattering glass and folding space-time.

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She draws pictures illustrating each mouth morpheme — the lip and tongue postures that act as adjectives and adverbs.

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I was imitating something linguistically unique to sign language called “mouth morphemes†— moving your tongue rapidly to demonstrate distance or swelling your cheeks like balloons to show size.

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