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semantemes

semantemes is the plural of semanteme.

Meaning of semanteme

Noun

semanteme (plural semantemes)

  1. an indivisible unit of meaning.
    • Toong Cheong spoke more rapidly now, and urgency and embarrassment reduced his speech to essential semantemes.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 53

Questions about semantemes

What is semantemes the plural of?
Semantemes is the plural of semanteme.

Words near semantemes in the dictionary

  1. Seman
  2. Semang
  3. Semangs
  4. Semans
  5. semanteme
  6. semantemes
  7. semantic
  8. semantic analyses
  9. semantic analysis
  10. semantic bleaching
  11. semantic bleachings

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