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lexeme

le·xeme

UK/ˈlɛkˌsiːm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language

  • “go”
  • “went”
  • “gone”
  • “going”
  • “go”

Origin

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -eme, a suffix indicating a fundamental unit in some aspect of linguistic structure, on the model of phoneme.

Phrases

  • lexical unit
  • principal part

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Broader terms

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