morpheme
Definitions
The smallest meaningful unit in a language that cannot be further divided.
A linguistic unit consisting of a word or an element of a word that carries a specific meaning or grammatical function.
Examples
The word 'unhappiness' consists of three distinct morphemes: 'un-', 'happy', and '-ness'.
A morpheme is defined as the smallest grammatical unit in a language that carries meaning.
Synonyms
linguistic unit minimal meaningful unit word element base unit of language