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morphophoneme

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)ˈfəʊniːm/
  • General-American: /ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: allomorph

History

Etymology

From morpho- + phoneme.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: morfofoneemi — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • French: morphophonème — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • French: morphonème — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • German: Morphophonem — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • German: Morpho-Phonem — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • German: Morphonem — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • Italian: morfofonema — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • Italian: morfonema — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • Portuguese: morfofonema — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • Russian: мо̀рфофоне́ма (mòrfofonéma) — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme
  • Russian: морфоне́ма (morfonéma) — underlying phonemic structure of a morpheme