Meaning

6 senses
  1. A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:

    (countable, uncountable)The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).

  2. (countable, uncountable)The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.

    морфоло́гияmorfológija

    морфоло́гіяmorfolóhija

    the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants

  3. (countable, uncountable)The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Mathematical morphology.

  5. (countable)The form and structure of something.

    морфоло́гияmorfológija

    морфоло́гіяmorfolóhija

  6. (countable)A description of the form and structure of something.

    морфоло́гияmorfológija

    морфоло́гіяmorfolóhija

Examples

8 sentences
  1. A giraffe has an unusual morphology.

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  2. Grammar is divided into phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

    deDie Grammatik ist unterteilt in Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax und Semantik.

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  3. We studied the morphologies of several species of rush in botany class.

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  4. Morphology studies the structure of words.

    ruМорфология изучает структуру слов.

    deDie Morphologie untersucht die Wortbildung.

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  5. Grammar is divided into phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

    deDie Grammatik ist unterteilt in Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax und Semantik.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a scientific study of form and structure:
Русский
By meaning 2
a scientific study of form and structure:
linguistics: study of the form and structure:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a scientific study of form and structure:
linguistics: study of the form and structure:

Origin

Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.

Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.

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