morphophoneme

[ mawr-fuh-foh-neem, mawr-foh- ]

noun

, Linguistics.

1. an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves.
2. a phonological entity comprising a bundle of distinctive features used in the representation of a morpheme.
3. a symbol for a phonological alternation.

morphophoneme

/ ˌmɔːfəʊˈfəʊniːm /

noun

1. linguistics the set of phonemes or sequences of phonemes that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme

Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophoneme¹

1930–35; morpho- (as combining form for morpheme ) + phoneme

Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophoneme¹

C20: from morpheme + phoneme