synthetic

English

/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • Of, or relating to synthesis.
  • (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
  • Artificial, not genuine,
  • (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic (analytic)).
  • (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic (analytic)).

Etymology

Derived from French synthétique derived from Ancient Greek συνθετικός root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

Emoji

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