morphological
/ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
Example Sentences
- "In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...]"
- "Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word?"
- "There is some morphological syntax to adverbs in English: Many can be formed from adjectives, plus the suffix -ly."
Etymology
Etymology tree English morphology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English morphological From morphology + -ical.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/
- British English: /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/