morphophoneme
nounUK /ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)ˈfəʊniːm/ · US /ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/
Etymology From morpho- + phoneme.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed.
- Synonyms
- morphoneme
- Derived terms
- morphophonemic, morphophonemics, morphonemics
- Related terms
- morphophonology, morphonology