1 glosseme | Definition of glosseme

glosseme

noun
glos·​seme | \ ˈgläˌsÄ“m, ˈglȯˌ-\
plural -s

Definition of glosseme

: the smallest unit (as a word, a stem, a grammatical element, an intonation, or an order of words) that signals a meaning in a language

Other Words from glosseme

glossemic \ (ˈ)⸗¦sēmik \ adjective

History and Etymology for glosseme

International Scientific Vocabulary gloss- + -eme

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