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compound word ‎(plural compound words)

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus – in English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

word composed of others

Malay: kata ganda
Malayalam:
Manx: co-ockle m
Maori: kupu pūhui
Norwegian:
Persian: همساخته ‎(hamsâxta)
Polish: złożenie (pl)
Portuguese: palavra composta f
Russian: сло́жное сло́во n ‎(slóžnoje slóvo)
Sanskrit:
Scottish Gaelic: facal fillte m
Serbo-Croatian: složenica (sh)
Slovene: sestavljenka f
Spanish: palabra compuesta (es) f
Swedish: kompositum (sv) c, sammansättning (sv) c, sammansatt ord n
Tamil:
Telugu: సమాసము (te) ‎(samāsamu)
Thai: คำสมาส (th) ‎(kam sàmàat), คำประสม (th) ‎(kam bpràsŏm), คำผสม ‎(kam pàsŏm)
Tibetan:
Turkish: birleşik sözcük (tr), birleşik kelime (tr)
Ukrainian: складне́ сло́во (uk) n ‎(skladné slóvo)
Vietnamese: từ ghép (vi)
Walloon: mot d' aplacaedje (wa)