glosseme

noun

glos·​seme

ˈgläˌsēm,

ˈglȯˌ-

plural -s

: the smallest unit (as a word, a stem, a grammatical element, an intonation, or an order of words) that signals a meaning in a language

glossemic

(ˈ)⸗¦sēmik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary gloss- + -eme

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