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glosseme

[glos-eem, glaw-seem]

noun

Linguistics.
  1. (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.



glosseme

/ ˈɡɒː /

noun

  1. the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • glossemic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glosseme1

First recorded in 1925–30; gloss(o)- + -eme
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glosseme1

C20: from Greek ōŧ; see gloss ², -eme

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