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listemes

listemes is the plural of listeme.

Meaning of listeme

Noun

listeme (plural listemes)

  1. An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.
    • Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".

Questions about listemes

What is listemes the plural of?
Listemes is the plural of listeme.

Words near listemes in the dictionary

  1. listel
  2. listello
  3. listellos
  4. listels
  5. listeme
  6. listemes
  7. listen
  8. listen after
  9. listen in
  10. listen out
  11. listen to you

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Adapted from Wiktionary: listemes (page history and authors); listeme (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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