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Meaning of -cism | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:
    morpheme
  2. Excessive usage of the phoneme.
    morpheme
  3. A sound change towards the phoneme.
    morpheme
  4. The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.
    morpheme
  5. A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.
    morpheme

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

-citabine -clase -clasis -clast -clastic -cleisis

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