"semiword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semiwords [plural]
Etymology: semi- + word Etymology templates: {{af|en|semi-|word}} semi- + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} semiword (plural semiwords)
  1. (linguistics) The initial or final constituent of compounds that cannot occur outside the domain of compounds, i.e., they are not freely combinable with words or phrases into syntactic constituents, but can undergo coordination reduction in both directions. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (constituent of compounds): félszó (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-semiword-en-noun-ZxAbpM9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with semi- Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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