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Word: Lexeme
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s: from lexicon+ -eme
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɛksiːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a basic lexical unit of a language consisting of one word or several words, the elements of which do not separately convey the meaning of the whole.
Short Definition:basic lexical unit of language
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