"grammeme" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɻæmiːm/ [US] Forms: grammemes [plural]
Etymology: From grammar + -eme, on the pattern of morpheme and phoneme. Etymology templates: {{af|en|grammar|-eme}} grammar + -eme Head templates: {{en-noun}} grammeme (plural grammemes)
  1. (linguistics) A unit of grammar. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: tagmeme (english: superseded the term grammeme in Kenneth Pike's school), grameme [dated]

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