semanteme en · NOUN
Etymology
From semantic + -eme.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| semantemes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
it semantema (''noun'') · es semantema (''noun'') · pt semantema (''noun'') · pl semantem (''noun'') · tr kökanlam (''noun'')