lexical correspondence

noun

A set of cognate words or morphemes in two or more related languages, where regular sound correspondences occur between the phonemes contained in the words.

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Meanings

nounlexical correspondence (plural lexical correspondences)

plural lexical correspondences

  1. human sciencesA set of cognate words or morphemes in two or more related languages, where regular sound correspondences occur between the phonemes contained in the words.
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