lexeme

Etymology

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -eme a suffix indicating a fundamental unit in some aspect of linguistic structure. Extracted from phoneme, from Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĕks'ēm IPA^(key): /ˈlɛksiːm/

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Noun

lexeme (plural lexemes)

1. (linguistics) A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word, so for example the lexeme run includes as members "run" (lemma), "running" (inflected form), and "ran", but excludes "runner" (a derived term).
2. (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token).

See also

Noun

lexeme n pl

1. plural of lexem