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taxeme

tax·eme
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tak-seem]
    • /ˈtæk sim/
    • /tˈaksiːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tak-seem]
    • /ˈtæk sim/

Definitions of taxeme word

  • noun taxeme a feature of the arrangement of elements in a construction, as selection, order, phonetic modification, or modulation. 1
  • noun taxeme any element of speech that may differentiate one utterance from another with a different meaning, such as the occurrence of a particular phoneme, the presence of a certain intonation, or a distinctive word order 0
  • noun taxeme any of the minimal features in grammatical construction, as word selection, word order, or modulation in stress and pitch 0

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Origin of taxeme

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; tax- + -eme

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Taxeme

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

taxeme popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

taxeme usage trend in Literature

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