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Pronunciation / Transliteration: lesˈsiko
"Il lessico 'cane' include le forme 'cani' e 'cane's'."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A set of related word forms that share a common meaning.
"The lexeme 'child' includes its inflected forms like 'children' and 'child's'." - 2
The fundamental unit of meaning in a language, representing a single word or a base form of a word.
"In linguistics, 'run' is a lexeme that can take various forms such as 'running' or 'ran'."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in structural linguistics in the mid-20th century, formed by combining 'lexico-' (derived from Greek lexis, meaning 'word' or 'speech') with the suffix '-eme' (used in linguistics to denote a fundamental unit, analogous to phoneme or morpheme). It emerged to provide a precise theoretical term for a unit of lexical meaning that underlies a set of inflected forms.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lexeme" is said worldwide
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lexème
Transliteration: leksɛm
"Le lexème 'chat' inclut ses formes comme 'chats' et 'chaton'."
Lexem
Transliteration: leˈt͡seːm
"Das Lexem 'Haus' umfasst auch die Formen 'Häuser' und 'Hauses'."
lessico
Transliteration: lesˈsiko
"Il lessico 'cane' include le forme 'cani' e 'cane's'."
lexema
Transliteration: leˈxema
"El lexema 'perro' incluye sus formas como 'perros' y 'perrito'."
lexema
Transliteration: leˈzema
"O lexema 'gato' inclui suas formas como 'gatos' e 'gatinho'."
लेक्सेम
Transliteration: leksēm
"लेक्सेम 'बिल्ली' में इसके रूप जैसे 'बिल्लियाँ' और 'बिल्ली का' शामिल हैं।"
词位
Transliteration: cí wèi
"词位 '猫' 包括其形式如 '猫咪' 和 '猫的'。"
어휘
Transliteration: eohwi
"어휘 '개'는 '개들'과 '개의'와 같은 형태를 포함합니다."
レキシーム
Transliteration: rekishīmu
"レキシーム '犬' には '犬たち' や '犬の' などの形が含まれます。"
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