Form

Of word and linguistics.   May also be referred to as descriptor, signifier and word form.

The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached".

This concept's ID is @1~33716

Contains

  • plural 238 facts

    The form of a word that is used to denote more than one.

  • acronym 5 facts

    A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name.

  • abbreviation 2 facts

    A shortened form of a word or phrase.

  • ghost word 0 facts

    A word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error.

  • stem 0 facts

    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of...

  • root 0 facts

    A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can...

  • citation form 0 facts

    The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary.

  • singular 0 facts

    The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton.