"morphème" meaning in French

See morphème in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɔʁ.fɛm/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-morphème.wav Forms: morphèmes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) + -ème, coined on the model of phonème. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|grc|μορφή}} Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ), {{af|fr|-ème}} -ème, {{m|fr|phonème}} phonème Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} morphème m (plural morphèmes)
  1. (linguistic morphology) morpheme (smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning) Wikipedia link: fr:morphème Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology Derived forms: monomorphémique, morphème libre, morphème lié, polymorphémique

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for morphème meaning in French (2.2kB)

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