types:
mot
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
syllabe
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
morphème
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
nom
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
mot,
phonème
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
antonyme,
contraire
a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
mot sens
a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
contraction
a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
forme
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
gros mot
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
mot fonctionnel
a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
en-tête,
entrée
a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
hyponyme
a word that is more specific than a given word
hybride
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
emprunt
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
palindrome
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
mot synonyme,
synonyme
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
terme
a word or expression used for some particular thing
nomenclature
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
morphème limité
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
nom de famille
the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
pseudonyme
a name that has been assumed temporarily
pseudonyme
a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
appellation,
désignation
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
signature
your name written in your own handwriting
marque
a name given to a product or service
syllabe
one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
phonème
(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
voyelle
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
consonne
a speech sound that is not a vowel