Associations to the word «Morpheme»

Wiktionary

MORPHEME, noun. (linguistic morphology) A smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".

Dictionary definition

MORPHEME, noun. Minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.