bound morpheme

noun

bound morpheme

noun
1

Human sciences, Linguistic morphology, Linguistics, Morphology, Sciences 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

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