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morphophonology

/ˌmɔ(ɹ).foʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-pho-phon-ol-o-gy
IPA
/ˌmɔ(ɹ).foʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of linguistics concerned with the interactions between morphological and phonological or phonetic processes, i.e. how phonemes combine to form morphemes and how morphemes are phonologically or phonetically affected when they combine to form words.

Uncountable

Etymology

From morpho- + phonology.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌmɔː.fəʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

morpho-phonology (alternative)

Derived Forms

morphophonological morphophonologist

Synonyms

morphophonemics morphonology

Questions

How do you pronounce morphophonology?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɔ(ɹ).foʊˌfəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/.
What does morphophonology mean?
A branch of linguistics concerned with the interactions between morphological and phonological or phonetic processes, i.e. how phonemes combine to form morphemes and how morphemes are phonologically or phonetically affected when they combine to form words.
Where does morphophonology come from?
From morpho- + phonology.

How to pronounce morphophonology

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