morpheme

From French morphème, equivalent to morph +‎ -eme. Ultimately from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.fiːm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fim/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.fiːm/

morpheme (plural morphemes)

1. (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:morpheme

   Coordinate terms: chereme, chroneme, grapheme, lexeme, listeme, phoneme, sememe, taxeme, toneme

• word

• allomorph
• lemma
• word form
• Appendix:Morphology

• “morpheme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “morpheme”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• morpheme in Britannica Dictionary