athématique

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ thématique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.te.ma.tik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Hyphenation: a‧thé‧ma‧tique

Adjective

athématique (plural athématiques)

  1. (linguistics) athematic (said of a formation in which the suffix is attached directly to the root, without the help of a thematic morpheme)
    • 1924, Antoine Meillet, Introduction à l'étude comparative des langues indo-européennes‎[1], Hachette Livre, →ISBN, page 167:
      Au présent athématique ancien sont souvent substitués d'autres types, variables suivant les langues […]
      The ancient athematic present tense is often replaced by other types, which vary according to the language […]

Derived terms

nouns
  • athématisme m

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