morphophoneme

[ mawr-fuh-foh-neem, mawr-foh- ]
/ ˌmɔr fəˈfoʊ nim, ˌmɔr foʊ- /

noun Linguistics.

an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves.
a phonological entity comprising a bundle of distinctive features used in the representation of a morpheme.
a symbol for a phonological alternation.

Origin of morphophoneme

1930–35; morpho- (as combining form for morpheme) + phoneme

Words nearby morphophoneme

morphologic construction, morphology, morphometrics, morphometry, morphonology, morphophoneme, morphophonemic, morphophonemics, morphophonology, morphosis, morphosyntactic

British Dictionary definitions for morphophoneme

morphophoneme
/ (ˌmɔːfəʊˈfəʊniːm) /

noun

linguistics the set of phonemes or sequences of phonemes that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme

Word Origin for morphophoneme

C20: from morpheme + phoneme