形態素

Japanese

Kanji in this term
形	態	素
けい Grade: 2	たい Grade: 5	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 形態 (keitai, “form”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーたいそ [kèétáꜜìsò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːta̠iso̞]

Noun

形(けい)態(たい)素(そ) • (keitaiso) 

1. (linguistics) morpheme

See also

• 異形態(いけいたい) (ikeitai)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN