UsingEnglish.com

Morphemes Definition

Morphemes

Jump to: Definition | Related Entries |

A Morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning. A word can contain more than one morpheme:

'Unable' can be divided into two morphemes- the prefix 'un' and 'able', whereas the word 'mahogany' cannot be divided into anything smaller.

See Also:

Phoneme; Affix; Suffix

Category:

Vocabulary

Related to 'Morphemes'


Trustpilot