"sememe" meaning in All languages combined

See sememe on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛmiːm/ Forms: sememes [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, I mean”) + -eme. Compare morpheme. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|σημαίνω||I signify, I mean}} Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, I mean”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sememe (plural sememes)
  1. (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning; especially, the meaning expressed by a morpheme. Wikipedia link: sememe Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: sememic, sememically, sememics Related terms: monoseme, semantic, seme Translations (smallest unit of linguistical meaning): 義位 (Chinese Mandarin), 义位 (yìwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), sememo (Esperanto), semeemi (Finnish), sémème [masculine] (French), Semem [neuter] (German), semema [masculine] (Italian), semema [masculine] (Portuguese), семе́ма (seméma) [feminine] (Russian), семанте́ма (semantéma) [feminine] (Russian), semema [masculine] (Spanish), nghĩa vị (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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