cranberry morpheme

短语

词形变化

cranberry morphemes 复数 cranberry morphemes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.

    语言学

词源

From the cran- of cranberry as an archetype. Cran- is from Low German Kraan (“crane”), but is now a bound morpheme, hence an example of a cranberry morpheme.

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