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grammeme

US/ɡɻæmiːm/

grammeme noun: a unit of grammar.

Noun

grammeme (plural grammemes)

  1. A unit of grammar.
    • Much like grammemes, quasi-grammemes oppose lexes of the same lexeme; unlike grammemes, however, they don't enter in categories.1991, Igor Mel'čuk, “Toward a Universal Calculus of Inflectional Categories: On Roman Jakobson's Trail”, in Linda R. Waugh, Stephen Rudy, editors, New Vistas in Grammar: Invariance and Variation. […]...
    Synonyms:
    tagmeme

Synonyms of grammeme

Forms of grammeme

pluralgrammemes
alternative form (dated)grameme

Origin of grammeme

From grammar + -eme, on the pattern of morpheme and phoneme.

Words formed from grammeme

Questions about grammeme

What does grammeme mean?
Grammeme means a unit of grammar.
What part of speech is grammeme?
Grammeme is a noun.
How do you pronounce grammeme?
Grammeme is pronounced /ɡɻæmiːm/ (US).
What is the plural of grammeme?
The plural of grammeme is grammemes.

Words near grammeme in the dictionary

  1. gramme-molecular weight
  2. gramme-molecular weights
  3. grammed
  4. grammelot
  5. grammelots
  6. grammeme
  7. grammemes
  8. grammemic
  9. grammer
  10. grammers
  11. grammersow

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