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morpheme (iou)



morpheme noun. L19.
[French morpheme from Greek morphe form, after phoneme PHONEME.]
Linguistics. The smallest morphological unit of language, which cannot be analysed into smaller units. Also (now rare), a morphological element considered in its functional relations in a linguistic system.
Comb.: morpheme alternant = ALLOMORPH.