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- [glos-eem, glaw-seem]
- /ˈglɒs im, ˈglɔ sim/
- /ɡlˈɒsiːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [glos-eem, glaw-seem]
- /ˈglɒs im, ˈglɔ sim/
Definitions of glosseme word
- noun glosseme (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling. 1
- noun glosseme the smallest meaningful unit of a language, such as stress, form, etc 0
- noun glosseme The smallest irreducible unit of language in the theory of glossematics. 0
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Origin of glosseme
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; gloss- + -eme
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Parts of speech for Glosseme
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glosseme popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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glosseme usage trend in Literature
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