semanteme


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semanteme /sɪˈmantiːm/
noun Linguistics a minimal distinctive unit of meaning. Compare with sememe.
– origin 1920s: from Fr. sémantème, from sémantique (see semantic), on the pattern of words such as morphème ‘morpheme’.
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