mor·pheme
noun/ˈmɔːfiːm/
/ˈmɔːrfiːm/
(grammar)- the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be divided into
词素；语素 - The word ‘like’ contains one morpheme but ‘un-like-ly’ contains three.
like 一词含一个词素，而 un-like-ly 则含三个。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French morphème, from Greek morphē ‘form’, on the pattern of French phonème ‘phoneme’. - The word ‘like’ contains one morpheme but ‘un-like-ly’ contains three.