bound morpheme

English

Noun

bound morpheme (plural bound morphemes)

(linguistic morphology) A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly.

Antonyms

free morpheme

Hypernyms

root morpheme

Hyponyms

cranberry morpheme

Translations

type of morpheme

Finnish: sidonnainen morfeemi (fi)
French: morphème lié (fr) m
German: gebundenes Morphem (de) n
Japanese: 拘束形態素 (ja) (kōsoku keitaiso), 束縛形態素 (sokubaku keitaiso)
Vietnamese: hình vị ràng buộc

Further reading

bound and free morphemes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cranberry morpheme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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