"-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: {{der|en|grc|φώνημα|t=sound}} Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “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 (-uytʻ) (Armenian), -ema [masculine] (Catalan), -ème [masculine] (French), -ema [masculine] (Galician), -éma (Hungarian), -ema [masculine] (Portuguese), -е́ма (-éma) [feminine] (Russian), -ima [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Sicilian), -ema [masculine] (Spanish)
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      "word": "-ema"
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      "sense": "linguistic base unit",
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    },
    {
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      "word": "-ema"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "-ema"
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