Antonyms for morphemes


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mawr-feem
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr fim


Definition of morphemes

Origin :
  • "part of a word which contains the affixes," 1896, from German morpheme, coined 1895 by Polish-born linguist Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929), from Greek morphe "form, shape" (see Morpheus), on analogy of phonème.
  • As in word : noun unit of language
  • As in alphabet : noun letters of a writing system

Synonyms for morphemes

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