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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmorfologia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: morfologia
"A morfologia é uma área importante da linguística."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The study of the forms of things, in particular the study of the internal structure of words in linguistics or the study of the form and structure of animals and plants in biology.
"The morphology of this plant species allows it to survive in arid environments."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the 19th century from Greek morphē (meaning 'form, shape') + -logia (meaning 'branch of learning' or 'study').
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Morphology"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Morphology" is said worldwide
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morphologie
Transliteration: morphologie
"La morphologie des mots varie selon les langues."
Morphologie
Transliteration: Morphologie
"Die Morphologie untersucht den inneren Aufbau von Wörtern."
morfologia
Transliteration: morfologia
"La morfologia animale descrive la struttura degli organismi."
morfología
Transliteration: morfología
"La morfología estudia la estructura de las palabras."
morfologia
Transliteration: morfologia
"A morfologia é uma área importante da linguística."
रूप-विज्ञान
Transliteration: roop-vigyan
"व्याकरण में रूप-विज्ञान शब्दों की रचना का अध्ययन करता है।"
形态学
Transliteration: xíngtài xué
"词法学是语言学的一个分支，研究单词的结构。"
형태론
Transliteration: hyeongtaeron
"언어학에서 형태론은 단어의 구조를 연구합니다."
形態論
Transliteration: keitairon
"形態論は単語の内部構造を研究する言語学の分野です。"
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