Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phraseme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phraseme
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An utterance, consisting of multiple words or morphemes, at least one of whose components is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen; a lexicalized multi-word expression.

Example Sentences

"A phraseme is a linguistic entity, consisting of at least two items, the meaning of which is characterised by semantic irregularity, that is to say, the meaning of a phraseme is not arrived at by the composition of the meanings of its lexical constituents, but it is understood as semantically independent of these."
"Phrasemes are multiword expression which are units of the lexicon."

Etymology

From phrase + -eme.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: phrase

Inflected Forms

phrasemes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

phrasemic

Synonyms

set phrase

Questions

What does phraseme mean?: An utterance, consisting of multiple words or morphemes, at least one of whose components is selectionally constrained or restricted by linguistic convention such that it is not freely chosen; a lexicalized multi-word expression.
Where does phraseme come from?: From phrase + -eme.

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