"pseudoword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pseudowords [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + word. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|word}} pseudo- + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudoword (plural pseudowords)
  1. (linguistics) A unit of speech or text that respects the phonotactic restrictions of a language, but is not part of the lexicon; a non-word whose nonexistence is merely an accidental gap. Wikipedia link: pseudoword Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: wug word Hypernyms: nonword, non-word Related terms: nonce word, nonsense word, pseudoletter Translations (unit): logàtom [masculine] (Catalan), logatoom [neuter] (Dutch), pseŭdovorto (Esperanto), pseudo-mot [masculine] (French), Logatom [neuter] (German), ψευδολέξη (psevdoléxi) [feminine] (Greek), מילת תפל (milat tefel) (Hebrew), 擬似語 (gijigo) (Japanese), 유사 비단어 (yusa bidaneo) (Korean), logatom [masculine] (Polish), ศัพท์เทียม (sàp tiam) (Thai)

Inflected forms

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