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semanteme

semanteme |sɪˈmantiːm | ▶noun Linguistics a minimal distinctive unit of meaning. Compare with sememe. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French sémantème, from sémantique (see semantic ), on the pattern of words such as morphème ‘morpheme ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

semanteme

semanteme |sɪˈmantiːm | ▶noun Linguistics a minimal distinctive unit of meaning. Compare with sememe. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French sémantème, from sémantique (see semantic ), on the pattern of words such as morphème ‘morpheme ’.