"bound morpheme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bound morphemes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bound morpheme (plural bound morphemes)
  1. (linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly. Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology Hypernyms: root morpheme Hyponyms: cranberry morpheme Translations (type of morpheme): sidonnainen morfeemi (Finnish), morphème lié [masculine] (French), gebundenes Morphem [neuter] (German), 拘束形態素 (kōsoku keitaiso) (Japanese), 束縛形態素 (sokubaku keitaiso) (Japanese), hình vị ràng buộc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bound_morpheme-en-noun-rlW2Ja7Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bound morpheme meaning in English (2.1kB)

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          "cran-",
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        [
          "-ed",
          "-ed"
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        [
          "-ing",
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        ],
        [
          "-ly",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "sidonnainen morfeemi"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "morphème lié"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gebundenes Morphem"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "拘束形態素"
        },
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          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "束縛形態素"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "hình vị ràng buộc"
        }
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    }
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        [
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        [
          "cranberry",
          "cranberry"
        ],
        [
          "-ed",
          "-ed"
        ],
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing"
        ],
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "sidonnainen morfeemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "morphème lié"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gebundenes Morphem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsoku keitaiso",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "拘束形態素"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokubaku keitaiso",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "束縛形態素"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "hình vị ràng buộc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bound morpheme"
}

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