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morphophoneme

[ mawr-fuh-foh-neem, mawr-foh- ]

noun

, Linguistics.
  1. an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves.
  2. a phonological entity comprising a bundle of distinctive features used in the representation of a morpheme.
  3. a symbol for a phonological alternation.


morphophoneme

/ ˌmɔːfəʊˈfəʊniːm /

noun

  1. linguistics the set of phonemes or sequences of phonemes that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophoneme1

1930–35; morpho- (as combining form for morpheme ) + phoneme
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Word History and Origins

Origin of morphophoneme1

C20: from morpheme + phoneme

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