"-eme" meaning in English

See -eme in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-iːm/
Etymology: Extracted from phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|phoneme}} phoneme, {{der|en|grc|φώνημα|t=sound}} Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), {{m|grc|φωνέω|t=to sound}} φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), {{m|grc|φωνή|t=sound}} φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -eme, {{en-suffix}} -eme
  1. Indicating a fundamental unit in some kind of structure, chiefly linguistic structure. Tags: morpheme Translations (linguistic base unit): -ույթ (-uytʿ) (Armenian), -ema [masculine] (Catalan), -ème [masculine] (French), -éma (Hungarian), -ima [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--eme-en-suffix-ElZEihhv Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters

Download JSON data for -eme meaning in English (2.3kB)

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