back-formation
The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the…The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
Значення
значень: 2(незлічуване)The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
Rückbildung, Rückbildung
обра̀тное словообразова́ниеobràtnoje slovoobrazovánije
(злічуване)A word created in this way.
Back-formations, such as tambour (for “play the tambourine”), are a staple of comedic wordplay.
- a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Переклади
мов: 7За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From back- + formation. Coined by British lexicographer and philologist, primary editor ofFrom back- + formation. Coined by British lexicographer and philologist, primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary James Murray in 1888.
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Форми
множина: back-formations| Однина | back-formation |
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| Множина | back-formations |
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Синоніми
синонімів: 1Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 3Уроки до слова
уроків: 1- A1Злічувані та незлічувані іменники — Бо воно може бути незлічуваним