"combining form" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: combining forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} combining form (plural combining forms)
  1. (grammar) A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: combining form Holonyms: word Translations (word form): yhdyssanamuoto (Finnish), συνθετικό (synthetikó) [neuter] (Greek), kötött allomorf/szóelem (Hungarian), kötött összetételi elő- vagy utótag (Hungarian), összetétel kötött elő- vagy utótagja (Hungarian), (szó)összetétel elő- vagy utótagjaként élő alak (Hungarian), złożenie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-combining_form-en-noun-2ZRp9qwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Related terms: linguistics, morphology, Anglo-, biblio-, bio-, chrono-, electro-, geo-, hemato-, mechano-, nucleo-, techno-, thermo-, -archy, -centric, -cephalic, -cracy, -metre, -philia, -phobia, -graphy, -logy, :Category:English prefixes, :Category:English suffixes Disambiguation of 'word form': 100 0
  2. (computing, typography) A character encoded from a sequence of other characters instead of a precomposed character. Categories (topical): Computing, Typography
    Sense id: en-combining_form-en-noun-qcfYRvLj Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, publishing, sciences, typography

Inflected forms

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