free morpheme

English

Noun

free morpheme (plural free morphemes)

(linguistics) A morpheme that can carry meaning on its own, and does not require a prefix, suffix, or infix it give it meaning.
Book is a free morpheme, but the -s on books is not, because -s carries no meaning until joined to a free morpheme.

Antonyms

bound morpheme

Translations

type of morpheme

French: morphème libre (fr) m
German: freies Morphem (de) n

Japanese: 自由形態素 (jiyū keitaiso)

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