morphological
UK/ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩//ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
morphological adjective: of, or pertaining to, morphology.
Adjective
morphological (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
- In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not...1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 5
- Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word?2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 3
morphological meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
morphological in Tamil
- உருவத்துக்குரிய, உருவவியலுக்குரிய
morphological in Urdu
- شکلیاتی
morphological in Bengali
- relating to morphology
- অঙ্গসংস্থানসংক্রান্ত oṅgośoṅsthanośoṅkranto
morphological in Arabic
- relating to morphology
- مُورْفُولُوجِي murfulujī, صَرْفِيّ ṣarfiyy
Examples of morphological in a sentence
- In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
- There is some morphological syntax to adverbs in English: Many can be formed from adjectives, plus the suffix -ly.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Dependency Grammar” (chapter 3), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 67:
Origin of morphological
From morphology + -ical.
Words formed from morphological
- agromorphological
- biomorphological
- clinicomorphological
- cytomorphological
- ecomorphological
- electroclinico-morphological
- exomorphological
- extramorphological
- fluviomorphological
- geomorphological
- histomorphological
- hydromorphological
- ichnomorphological
- immunomorphological
- lexicomorphological
- macromorphological
- metamorphological
- micromorphological
- monomorphological
- morphological dictionary
- morphological freedom
- morphologicalized
- morphologically
- morphological pattern
- neuromorphological
- nonmorphological
- osteomorphological
- pathomorphological
- pedomorphological
- photomorphological
- phytomorphological
- radiomorphological
- sonomorphological
- stereomorphological
- tectonomorphological
- tonomorphological
- topomorphological
- ultramorphological
- unmorphological
- zoomorphological
Phrases with morphological
Questions about morphological
- What does morphological mean?
- Morphological means of, or pertaining to, morphology.
- What is morphological in Tamil?
- Morphological in Tamil is உருவத்துக்குரிய, உருவவியலுக்குரிய. See Morphological meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use morphological in a sentence?
- In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure.
- What part of speech is morphological?
- Morphological is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce morphological?
- Morphological is pronounced /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ (UK).
Words near morphological in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morphological (page history and authors); morphological (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morphological (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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