Meaning

1 senses
  1. The smallest unit of meaning; especially, the meaning expressed by a morpheme.

    Semem

    семе́маseméma, семанте́маsemantéma

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
smallest unit of linguistical meaning:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
smallest unit of linguistical meaning:

Origin

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, I mean”) + -eme. Compare morph

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, I mean”) + -eme. Compare morpheme.

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Forms

plural: sememes
Singularsememe
Pluralsememes

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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