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morphological en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English morphology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English morphological From morphology + -ical.

Meanings

1. (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 *mans. [...] 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:
   • 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:

Deriveds

sonomorphological · tonomorphological · exomorphological · morphological freedom · clinicomorphological · nonmorphological · morphological pattern · pedomorphological · stereomorphological · topomorphological · neuromorphological · ultramorphological · radiomorphological · ichnomorphological · macromorphological · monomorphological · morphologicalized · fluviomorphological · agromorphological · electroclinico-morphological · metamorphological · ecomorphological · photomorphological · geomorphological · zoomorphological · morphological dictionary · phytomorphological · osteomorphological · cytomorphological · hydromorphological · morphologically · pathomorphological · unmorphological · lexicomorphological · tectonomorphological · extramorphological · micromorphological · histomorphological · biomorphological · immunomorphological

Relateds

morphologist · morphology · morpheme · morph

Translations (35)

es morfológico (relating to morphology) · ia morphologic (relating to morphology) · lv morfoloģisks (relating to morphology) · be марфалагі́чны (relating to morphology) · fr morphologique (relating to morphology) · la morphologicus (relating to morphology) · fi muoto-opillinen (relating to morphology) · da morfologisk (relating to morphology) · hu morfológiai (relating to morphology) · it morfologico (relating to morphology) · oc morfologic (relating to morphology) · kk морфологиялық (relating to morphology) · de morphologisch (relating to morphology) · ru морфологи́ческий (relating to morphology) · fi morfologinen (relating to morphology) · uk морфологі́чний (relating to morphology) · nl morfologisch (relating to morphology) · pl morfologiczny (relating to morphology) · pt morfológico (relating to morphology) · gl morfolóxico (relating to morphology) · az morfoloji (relating to morphology) · ca morfològic (relating to morphology) · cmn 形態學的 /形态学的 (relating to morphology) · cs morfologický (relating to morphology) · ko 형태학의 (relating to morphology) · ast morfolóxicu (relating to morphology) · ar مُورْفُولُوجِي (relating to morphology) · ro morfologic (relating to morphology) · ka მორფოლოგიური (relating to morphology) · bn অঙ্গসংস্থানসংক্রান্ত (relating to morphology) · ar صَرْفِيّ (relating to morphology) · sv morfologisk (relating to morphology) · hu alaktani (relating to morphology) · nn morfologisk (relating to morphology) · nb morfologisk (relating to morphology)