German

Noun

Morpheme

1. nominative plural of Morphem
2. genitive plural of Morphem
3. accusative plural of Morphem

English

Noun

morpheme ‎(plural morphemes)

1. (linguistics) A smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

   The word pigs consists of two morphemes: pig (a particular animal) and s (indication of the plural).

   The word werewolves' consists of four morphemes: "were" (~ man), "wolf" (a particular animal), "es" (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:morpheme

Hyponyms

• prefix
• suffix
• affix

Holonyms

• word

Derived terms

• morphemic

Related terms

Translations

See also

• chereme
• chroneme
• grapheme
• lexeme
• listeme
• phoneme
• toneme