morpheme
[ mawr-feem ]
/ ˈmɔr fim /
noun Linguistics.
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).
OTHER WORDS FROM morpheme
mor·phe·mic, adjective mor·phe·mi·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby morpheme
morph-,
morph.,
morphactin,
morphallaxis,
morphea,
morpheme,
morpheme structure condition,
morphemics,
morpheus,
morphia,
morphic resonance
British Dictionary definitions for morpheme
morpheme
/ (ˈmɔːfiːm) /
noun
linguistics
a speech element having a meaning or grammatical function that cannot be subdivided into further such elements
Derived forms of morpheme
morphemic, adjective morphemically, adverbWord Origin for morpheme
C20: from French, from Greek
morphē form, coined on the model of
phoneme; see
-eme