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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•pheme /ˈmɔrfim/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a basic grammatical unit of a language that makes up a word or meaningful part of a word that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts, as the, write, the -s of books, or the -ed of waited.
See -morph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•pheme (môr′fēm),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]- any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Cf. allomorph (def. 2), morph (def. 1).
- French morphème; see morph-, -eme
- 1895–1900
mor•phe′mic, adj. mor•phe′mi•cal•ly, adv. |