Meanings
noungrammeme (plural grammemes)
plural grammemes · alternative dated grameme
- human sciencesA unit of grammar.
Much like grammemes, quasi-grammemes oppose lexes of the same lexeme; unlike grammemes, however, they don't enter in categories.
1991, Igor Mel'čuk, “Toward a Universal Calculus of Inflectional Categories: On Roman Jakobson's Trail”, in Linda R. Waugh, Stephen Rudy, editors, New Vistas in Grammar: Invariance and Variation. […] , John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 92Synonyms: tagmeme
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit of grammar.
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Origin
From grammar + -eme, on the pattern of morpheme and phoneme.
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grammeme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammeme
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grammeme,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grammeme.
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