linguistic unit

noun

Any of a range of units of language, whether a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, whole conversation or a story, morpheme, grapheme, phoneme and syllable.

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Meanings

nounlinguistic unit (plural linguistic units)

plural linguistic units

  1. Any of a range of units of language, whether a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, whole conversation or a story, morpheme, grapheme, phoneme and syllable.

    Synonyms: unit of language, unit of language

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of a range of units of language, whether a word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, whole conversation or a story, morpheme, grapheme, phoneme and syllable.

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unit of languageunit of language

More synonyms by meaning

nounone of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

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language unit
Broader
partportioncomponent part
Also see
unit of language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech jazyková jednotka
  • jazyková jednotkaany of range of units of language
German Spracheinheit
  • Spracheinheitany of range of units of language
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APA

linguistic unit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic%20unit

MLA

“linguistic unit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic%20unit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linguistic unit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguistic%20unit.

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