Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morphophoneme

/ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-pho-phoneme
IPA: /ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed.

Etymology

From morpho- + phoneme.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: morpho

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/
British English: /ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)ˈfəʊniːm/

Inflected Forms

morphophonemes (plural)

Derived Forms

morphophonemic morphophonemics morphonemics

Frequently Paired Words

morphophonology morphonology

Synonyms

morphoneme

Questions

How do you pronounce morphophoneme?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɔɹfoʊˈfoʊnim/.
What does morphophoneme mean?: One of the units of which the underlying representations of morphemes are composed.
Where does morphophoneme come from?: From morpho- + phoneme.

How to pronounce morphophoneme

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