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cryptotype

cryptotype noun: a semantic or syntactic feature that has no morphological implementation but is crucial for the construction and understanding of a phrase.

Noun

cryptotype (plural cryptotypes)

  1. A semantic or syntactic feature that has no morphological implementation but is crucial for the construction and understanding of a phrase.

Forms of cryptotype

pluralcryptotypes

Origin of cryptotype

From crypto- + -type.

Questions about cryptotype

What does cryptotype mean?
Cryptotype means a semantic or syntactic feature that has no morphological implementation but is crucial for the construction and understanding of a phrase.
What part of speech is cryptotype?
Cryptotype is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptotype?
The plural of cryptotype is cryptotypes.

Words near cryptotype in the dictionary

  1. cryptoTERF
  2. cryptoTERFs
  3. cryptoterrestrial
  4. cryptotia
  5. cryptotomography
  6. cryptotype
  7. cryptotypes
  8. cryptotypical
  9. cryptovariable
  10. cryptovariables
  11. cryptoverse

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