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

/ ˈɡlɒsiːm /

noun

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

Other Words From

• glos·semic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glosseme¹

First recorded in 1925–30; gloss(o)- + -eme

Word History and Origins

Origin of glosseme¹

C20: from Greek glōssēma; see gloss ², -eme