lexeme

== English == === Etymology === From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -eme, a suffix indicating a fundamental unit in some aspect of linguistic structure, on the model of phoneme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛkˌsiːm/, enPR: lĕkˈsēmˌ === Noun === lexeme (plural lexemes) (linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. (strictly) The abstract minimum unit of language or meaning that underlies such a set. Synonyms: lexical item, semanteme (loosely, metonymic) The set itself; a lexemic family. (loosely, metonymic) The wordform chosen to represent such a set or family. Synonyms: base form, basic form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, headword, lemma Hypernyms: wordform < form (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis. Near-synonym: token ==== Usage notes ==== In linguistics, a lexeme is strictly understood as corresponding to a family of inflected forms, not a particular member of its family, although it is always designated by one of the members (the lemma). Since all the members of a lexeme family are related by inflection, each member is the same part of speech and usually is built from the same number of words as each of the other members (e.g., put up with and puts up with each consist of three words, and both are classified as verbs). For a lemma that has no inflected forms, the lexemic family consists of just a single member (e.g., the lexeme beyond contains only the lemma beyond, since English prepositions are not inflected). ==== Holonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === Wikidata:lexeme The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, David Crystal, on archive.org. == Romanian == === Noun === lexeme n pl plural of lexem