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cranberry morpheme

cranberry morpheme noun: a bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

Noun

cranberry morpheme (plural cranberry morphemes)

  1. A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

Forms of cranberry morpheme

pluralcranberry morphemes

Origin of cranberry morpheme

From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.

Questions about cranberry morpheme

What does cranberry morpheme mean?
Cranberry morpheme means a bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.
What part of speech is cranberry morpheme?
Cranberry morpheme is a noun.
What is the plural of cranberry morpheme?
The plural of cranberry morpheme is cranberry morphemes.

Words near cranberry morpheme in the dictionary

  1. cranberry bush
  2. cranberry glass
  3. cranberry glasses
  4. cranberry juice
  5. cranberry juices
  6. cranberry morpheme
  7. cranberry morphemes
  8. Cranberry Portage
  9. cranberry word
  10. cranberry words
  11. cranberryade

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