bound morpheme

Synonyms:

bound form

Types:

show 5 types...

hide 5 types...

combining form

a bound form used only in compounds

affix

a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

prefix

an affix that is added in front of the word

postfix, suffix

an affix that is added at the end of the word

infix

an affix that is inserted inside the word

Type of:

morpheme

minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units