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morpheme

noun
/ˈmɔː.fiːm/UK/ˈmɔɹ.fim/CA/ˈmoː.fiːm/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from μορφή — “shape, form”
  2. borrowed from morphème

Definitions

  1. The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter,…

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

    • Just as a regiment is ultimately made up of soldiers, so the sentence is of morphemes—they are its ultimate constituents.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at morpheme. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at morpheme. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at morpheme

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA