These two have completely different patterning but no difference is seen in their internal morphology so it seems that they are considered the same.
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Morphology
/mɔːˈfɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Synonyms for "morphology" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Noun(9 words)
word structureadjective formationagaricusanatomicalityancylidaeaneurysmsaulostomuschickadeescompound formation
accidenceaffixaffixationallomorphanatomistanatomyangiographyangiologyanthropotomybound morphemebowwow theorycomparative linguisticsconjugationcuttingdeclensionderivationdescriptive grammardescriptive linguistics
Adjective(1 words)
anatomical form
Strong matches (42)
dialectologydifference of formdingdong theoryencliticetymologyformformativefree formgenerative grammargeomorphologyglossematicsglossologyglottochronologyglottologygrammargrammatical analysisgrammatical theorygrammaticalitygraphemicshistologist
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histologyhistorical linguisticsic analysisimmediate constituent analysisinfixinfixationinflectionlanguage studylexicologylexicostatisticslinguistic geographylinguistic sciencelinguistics
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
grammatical formlatin forma
Related words (70)
mathematical linguisticsmorphmorphememorphemic analysismorphemicsmorphologistmorphophonemicsmyographymyologyorganographyorganologyosteographyosteologypaleographyparadigmparsingphilologyphoneticsphonologyphrase-structure grammar
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prefixprefixationprocliticpsycholinguisticsradicalrootrules of languageschool grammarsemanticssociolinguisticssplanchnographysplanchnologystemstratificational grammarstructural grammarstructuralismstructuresuffixsuffixationsyntacticstagmemic analysistectologythemetraditional grammartransformational grammartransformational linguisticsword-formationzootomy
Noun(20 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesbiological sciencebiologygeophysical sciencegeophysicsgrammarlanguage studylife sciencelinguisticsstructure
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriescell morphologyhuman morphologylinguistic morphologymorphology analysismorphology rulesplant morphology
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 70 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- morfologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Albanian
2 entries- morfologji noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologji noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Arabic
4 entries- تَصْرِيف noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- صَرْف noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- صَرْف noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- مُورْفُولُوجِيَا noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Aragonese
1 entries- morfolochía noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Armenian
2 entries- ձեւաբանություն noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- ձևաբանություն noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- morfologiya noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Balinese
2 entries- rupawidya noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- rupawidya noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Belarusian
4 entries- марфало́гія noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- марфало́гія noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- марфало́гія noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- марфалёгія noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Bulgarian
1 entries- морфоло́гия noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Catalan
3 entries- morfologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Cebuano
3 entries- morpolohiya noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morpolohiya noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morpolohiya noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 形態學 /形态学 noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- 形態學 /形态学 noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- 構詞學 /构词学 noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- 詞型變化 /词型变化 noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Czech
4 entries- morfologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologie noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- tvarosloví noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- tvarosloví noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Danish
1 entries- morfologi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Dutch
4 entries- morfologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologie noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologie noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- vormleer noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- морфологий noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- мутлончыш noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Estonian
1 entries- morfoloogia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Faroese
1 entries- formlæra noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Finnish
4 entries- morfologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- muoto-oppi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
French
2 entries- morphologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morphologie noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Galician
2 entries- morfoloxía noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfoloxía noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Georgian
1 entries- მორფოლოგია noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
German
4 entries- Formenlehre noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- Formenlehre noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- Morphologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- Morphologie noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Greek
2 entries- μορφολογία noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- μορφολογία noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוֹרְפוֹלוֹגְיָה noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Hindi
1 entries- पदविज्ञान noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Hungarian
3 entries- alaktan noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- morfológia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfológia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Icelandic
2 entries- formfræði noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- orðhlutafræði noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Ido
2 entries- morfologio noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologio noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Indonesian
1 entries- morfologi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- ریخْتْشِناسی noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- مُرْفولوژی noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Irish
1 entries- moirfeolaíocht noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Italian
3 entries- morfologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Japanese
3 entries- 形態学 noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- 形態論 noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- 語形論 noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Kazakh
1 entries- морфология noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Khmer
2 entries- រូបសព្ទ noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- សណ្ឋានវិទ្យា noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Korean
3 entries- 어형론 noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- 형태론 noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- 형태학 noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- морфология noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Latin
1 entries- morphologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Latvian
1 entries- morfoloģija noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Lithuanian
1 entries- morfologija noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- morfologija noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- słowoskład noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Macedonian
1 entries- морфологија noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Malay
4 entries- morfologi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologi noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologi noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- nahu bentuk noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Mongolian
2 entries- үг зүй noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- ᠦᠭᠡ ᠵᠦᠢ noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Northern Sami
2 entries- hápmeoahppa noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- morfologiija noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- morfologi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Occitan
1 entries- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Persian
1 entries- صرف noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Polish
3 entries- morfologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Portuguese
3 entries- morfologia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologia noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Romanian
3 entries- morfologie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologie noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- morfologie noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Russian
4 entries- морфоло́гия noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- морфоло́гия noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- морфоло́гия noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- словообразова́ние noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- morfològija noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfològija noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- ȍblikoslōvlje noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- морфоло̀гија noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Slovak
2 entries- morfológia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- tvaroslovie noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Slovene
1 entries- oblikoslovje noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Spanish
2 entries- morfología noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfología noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Swahili
2 entries- mofolojia noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- mofolojia noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Swedish
3 entries- formlära noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- morfologi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfologi noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Tagalog
2 entries- palaanyuan noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- palaturingan noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Tajik
1 entries- морфология noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Tatar
1 entries- морфология noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Telugu
1 entries- రూపనిర్మాణశాస్త్రము noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Thai
1 entries- สัณฐานวิทยา noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Turkish
4 entries- biçim bilimi noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- biçim bilimi noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
- biçimbilim noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- morfoloji noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Turkmen
1 entries- morfologiýa noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Ukrainian
3 entries- морфоло́гія noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
- морфоло́гія noun (geological study of the form and structure)
- морфоло́гія noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Urdu
1 entries- صَرْف noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Uzbek
1 entries- morfologiya noun (a scientific study of form and structure)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hình thái học noun (linguistic study of the form and structure)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.
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Morphology is reduced.
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He studied Berber morphology.
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