morpheme
English
/ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːm/
noun
Definitions
- (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μορφή (form, shape, figure, appearance, contour, fashion, outward form, type).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μορφή
Gloss
form, shape, figure, appearance, contour, fashion, outward form, type
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -morph English
- -morphic English
- -morphism English
- -morphy English
- bimorpheme English
- bimorphemic English
- dimorphemic English
- heteromorphemic English
- isomorphemic English
- monomorpheme English
- monomorphemic English
- morph English
- morphemed English
- morphemehood English
- morphemic English
- morphemically English
- morphemics English
- morphemization English
- morphemize English
- morpho- English
- multimorphemic English
- submorpheme English
- submorphemic English
- supramorphemic English
- tautomorphemic English
- tonomorpheme English
- trimorphemic English
- forma Latin
- formo Latin
- formo, formāre, formō Latin
- fōrma Latin
- Morphologie German
- morphème French
- морфология Russian
- morfema Spanish, Castilian
- Μορφεύς Ancient Greek
- μορφή Ancient Greek
- μορφόω Ancient Greek
- τετράμορφος Ancient Greek
- ἄμορφος Ancient Greek
- metamorf Norwegian Bokmål
- metamorf Norwegian Nynorsk
- -morfach Irish
- -morfacht Irish
- morfa- Irish
- morf Czech
- μορφή Greek (modern)
- morpema Cebuano
- -morpha Translingual
- morph
- -morph
- -morphy
- morpho-
- -morphic
- morphemed
- morphemic
- -morphism
- morphemize
- morphemics
- bimorpheme
- bimorphemic
- dimorphemic
- submorpheme
- monomorpheme
- submorphemic
- isomorphemic
- tonomorpheme
- morphemehood
- trimorphemic
- morphemically
- monomorphemic
- supramorphemic
- morphemization
- tautomorphemic
- multimorphemic
- heteromorphemic