eme
eme — suffix
1. used at the end of some technical nouns, especially in linguistics, to name a sm
used at the end of some technical nouns, especially in linguistics, to name a smallest unit that plays a distinct part in sound, writing, form, or meaning.
In class, Trang learned that a phoneme is a basic sound unit.
compound: phoneme
Nila's worksheet explained that a morpheme can be smaller than a word.
compound: morpheme
The reading app matches each grapheme to the sound children hear.
On the whiteboard, Professor Ilan grouped phoneme, grapheme, and morpheme under -eme.
During revision, Trang circled the -eme ending in each linguistics term.
文法句型
[technical root] + -eme
用法筆記
Usually appears inside specialist terms rather than as a free-standing word. Common examples include 'phoneme', 'morpheme', and 'grapheme', where the full noun names a basic unit in sound, form, or writing.