sememe

[ sem-eem, see-meem ]

nounLinguistics.
  1. the meaning of a morpheme.

  2. a basic unit of meaning or content.

Origin of sememe

1
<Greek sêm(a) sign + -eme; coined by L. Bloomfield in 1933; cf. semanteme

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British Dictionary definitions for sememe

sememe

/ (ˈsiːmiːm) /


nounlinguistics
  1. the meaning of a morpheme

  2. Also called: semanteme a minimum unit of meaning in terms of which it is sometimes proposed that meaning in general might be analysed

Origin of sememe

1
C20 (coined in 1933 by Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), US linguist): from Greek sēma a sign + -eme

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