compound word
compound word noun: a word composed of two or more stems.
Noun
compound word (plural compound words)
- A word composed of two or more stems.
- A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man.1700, A. Lane, A Key to the Art of Lettershttps://books.google.ccom/books?id=d81lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22compound+word%22
- A word is a compound word when it is made up of two or more parts, each of which is a significant word by itself; as, apple-tree, tea-spoon, spend-thrift.1858, Charles Peter Mason, English grammarhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XmoCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22compound+word%22
- Synonyms:
- compound
compound word meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
compound word in Hindi
- word composed of others
- समास samās
compound word in Tamil
- word composed of others
- புணர்மொழி puṇarmoḻi, சேர்மச்சொல் cērmaccol, தொடர்மொழி toṭarmoḻi
compound word in Urdu
- a compound word
- سماس samās
compound word in Telugu
- word composed of others
- సమాసము samāsamu
More languagesFewer languages
- compound word in Malayalam
- സമസ്തപദം samastapadaṁ
- compound word in Kannada
- ಕೂಡುನುಡಿ, ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಪದ
- compound word in Odia
- ବିସ୍ତାର bistāra
- compound word in Sanskrit
- समास samāsa
- compound word in Tagalog
- salitang tambalan, tambalan
- compound word in Malay
- kata majmuk
- compound word in Indonesian
- kata majemuk
- compound word in Persian
- هَمساخته hamsâxte, اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب esm-e morakkab
- compound word in Thai
- สมาส sà-màat, คำประสม kam-bprà-sǒm, คำผสม kam-pà-sǒm
- compound word in Vietnamese
- từ ghép
Examples of compound word in a sentence
- Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g.1911, “Bow”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:
- Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes.1994, James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Student's Guidehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA43&dq=%22compound+words%22
- Some important vocabulary words your child needs to study are compound words.2014, Kelly Hackett, Compound Words--Banana Splits Literacy Center
- As stated above, compound words are formed by joining two words into one word.2018, Dale D. Johnson, Words: The Foundation of Literacyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Jx9WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT40&dq=%22compound+words%22
Synonyms of compound word
Forms of compound word
| plural | compound words |
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Origin of compound word
From compound + word.
Words formed from compound word
Questions about compound word
- What does compound word mean?
- Compound word means a word composed of two or more stems.
- What is compound word in Hindi?
- Compound word in Hindi is समास (samās). See Compound word meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use compound word in a sentence?
- Thus it is found in English compound words, e.g.
- What part of speech is compound word?
- Compound word is a noun.
- What is the plural of compound word?
- The plural of compound word is compound words.
Words near compound word in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: compound word (page history and authors); سماس (Urdu) (page history and authors); compound word (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବିସ୍ତାର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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