morpheme
noun/ˈmɔrfiːm/
Frequency rank: #19,514 most common English word
Meaning
The smallest unit of language that carries meaning.
Example sentence
The word 'unhappiness' contains three separate morpheme units: 'un-', 'happy', and '-ness'.
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