glosseme
[ glos-eem, glaw-seem ]
nounLinguistics.
(in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
Origin of glosseme
1Other words from glosseme
- glos·se·mic, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for glosseme
glosseme
/ (ˈɡlɒsiːm) /
noun
the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc
Origin of glosseme
1C20: from Greek glōssēma; see gloss ², -eme
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