non-compound
adjective
languagespecialized(alsononcompound)uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.paʊnd/us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.paʊnd/consisting of only one word orpart:
Non-compoundSpanishtensesincludethepresentand the preterite.
Asubjectivitytagwasassignedto each non-compoundsentence.
- Atotalof 303 non-compoundverbswere used.
- Children's non-compoundlabelsfor theseobjectsoftenincludedonly theexpectedmodifier.
- If achildproduceda non-compound word, such as "frog" or "finger", theexperimenteraskedthem tothinkof anothername.
- All non-compoundverbswith three or moresyllablesbelongin thisclass.
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist
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Linguistics: grammatical terms
Opposite
compound