bound form

English

Etymology

bound + form

Noun

bound form (plural bound forms)

(linguistics) a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly).

Synonyms

bound morpheme

Translations

bound form

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黏附形式 (niánfù xíngshì)
Finnish: sidonnainen morfeemi (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

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