morphology
/mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/US/mɔɹˈfɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
morphology noun: the study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
Noun
morphology (countable and uncountable, plural morphologies)
- The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- There are many ways to show that word structure is different from phrase and sentence structure. We will mention two here. First, free constituent order in syntax is common cross-linguistically; many languages lack fixed order of the kind that one finds in English. In morphology, on the other hand...2001, Yehuda Falk, “Lexical-Functional Grammar”, in CSLI Publications, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024, retrieved 21 Feb 2014
- There are essentially two criteria: (1) adaptability to the derivational structures of the morphology and (2) consideration for what cognitive psychologists and cognitive linguists call “base-level categorization.”2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 3
- The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
- The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
- Mathematical morphology.
- The form and structure of something.
- A description of the form and structure of something.
morphology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
morphology in Hindi
- linguistics: study of the form and structure
- पदविज्ञान padvijñān
- biology: study of the form and structure
- स्वरूपशास्त्र svarūpśāstra
morphology in Tamil
- சொற்பகுப்பியல், சொல்லணுக் கூறியல், சொல்லொலிக் கூறியல், சொல்லியல், உருவவியல், உள்ளமைப்பியல்
morphology in Marathi
- आकारविज्ञान, रूपविज्ञान, आकारशास्त्र
morphology in Urdu
- linguistics: study of the form and structure
- صَرْف sarf
More languagesFewer languages
- morphology in Bengali
- অঙ্গসংস্থানবিদ্যা, রূপবিজ্ঞান
- morphology in Telugu
- రూపనిర్మాణశాస్త్రము rūpanirmāṇaśāstramu, స్వరూపశాస్త్రము svarūpaśāstramu
- morphology in Malayalam
- രൂപശാസ്ത്രം, മോർഫോളജി
- morphology in Kannada
- ರೂಪವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ರೂಪಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- morphology in Punjabi
- ਰੂਪ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ, ਰੂਪ-ਵਿਗਿਆਨ, ਰੂਪ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ
- morphology in Gujarati
- મોર્ફોલોજી, આકારવિજ્ઞાન, રૂપવિજ્ઞાન
- morphology in Odia
- ରୂପବିଜ୍ଞାନ, ରୂପ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ
- morphology in Sinhala
- විශේෂයෙන්ම, යමක ස්වරූපය සහ ව්යුහය
- morphology in Nepali
- मोर्फोलोजी, रूपविज्ञान
- morphology in Tagalog
- palaturingan, palaanyuan
- morphology in Arabic
- مُورْفُولُوجِيَا morfolōjyā, صَرْف ṣarf, تَصْرِيف taṣrīf
- morphology in Malay
- morfologi, nahu bentuk
- morphology in Indonesian
- morfologi
- morphology in Persian
- صرف sarf
- morphology in Thai
- สัณฐานวิทยา sǎn-tǎan-vít-tá-yaa
- morphology in Vietnamese
- hình thái học
Examples of morphology in a sentence
- We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
- Of the modern Balto-Slavic languages, Lithuanian is often regarded as the most conservative in morphology and phonology, followed closely by Latvian.
- Increases of auxin up to 12 mg L–1 did not alter the shooty morphology of the callus.
Forms of morphology
| plural | morphologies |
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Origin of morphology
Borrowed from German Morphologie. By surface analysis, morpho- + -logy.
Words formed from morphology
- agromorphology
- biomorphology
- cytomorphology
- dysmorphology
- ecomorphology
- exomorphology
- extramorphology
- fluviomorphology
- geomorphology
- histomorphology
- hydromorphology
- ichnomorphology
- immunomorphology
- inflectional morphology
- macromorphology
- mathematical morphology
- micromorphology
- mitomorphology
- morphologic
- morphological
- morphologist
- morphologize
- morphosyntax
- nanomorphology
- neuromorphology
- osteomorphology
- pathomorphology
- pedomorphology
- photomorphology
- phytomorphology
- plant morphology
- promorphology
- psychomorphology
- radiomorphology
- sonomorphology
- submorphology
- tonomorphology
- ultramorphology
- xenomorphology
- zoomorphology
Questions about morphology
- What does morphology mean?
- Morphology means the study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
- What is morphology in Hindi?
- Morphology in Hindi is पदविज्ञान (padvijñān), स्वरूपशास्त्र (svarūpśāstra). See Morphology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is morphology?
- Morphology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce morphology?
- Morphology is pronounced /mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of morphology?
- The plural of morphology is morphologies.
Words near morphology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morphology (page history and authors); morphology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morphology (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morphology (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morphology (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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