"free morpheme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: free morphemes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free morpheme (plural free morphemes)
  1. (linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or infix to give it meaning. Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology Translations (type of morpheme): vapaa morfeemi (Finnish), morphème libre [masculine] (French), freies Morphem [neuter] (German), 自由形態素 (jiyū keitaiso) (Japanese), morfem leksykalny [masculine] (Polish), hình vị tự do (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-free_morpheme-en-noun-RwpwyuJ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "vapaa morfeemi"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "type of morpheme",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
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          "word": "freies Morphem"
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          "roman": "jiyū keitaiso",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
          "word": "自由形態素"
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          "sense": "type of morpheme",
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          "word": "morfem leksykalny"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "type of morpheme",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "vapaa morfeemi"
    },
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      "sense": "type of morpheme",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "type of morpheme",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "自由形態素"
    },
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      "sense": "type of morpheme",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "morfem leksykalny"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of morpheme",
      "word": "hình vị tự do"
    }
  ],
  "word": "free morpheme"
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