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形態音素 (けいたいおんそ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
morphophoneme
linguistics
Technical term in linguistics referring to a phonological unit that represents a morpheme's abstract sound form, often used in morphophonemic analysis.
Kanji 態 attitude, condition, figure elementary, principle, naked
Similar words 形けい 態たい 素そ 形態素 (morpheme) is the smallest meaningful unit, while 形態音素 (morphophoneme) is the abstract sound unit representing a morpheme's phonological form.
音おん 素そ 音素 (phoneme) is a basic sound unit that distinguishes meaning, whereas 形態音素 is a phoneme considered at the morphological level.
Etymology Compound of 形態 (form, shape) + 音素 (phoneme), likely a calque from English 'morphophoneme'.
