back-formation

English - Turkish

Definition of back-formation in English Turkish dictionary: sözcük üretme; kökten türetilen kelime

English - English

Definition of back-formation in English English dictionary: The process by which a new word is formed by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) of an older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as a suffix forming an agent noun) from burglar; A word created in this way
Back-formations, such as tambour (for play the tambourine), are a staple of comedic wordplay.; {i} (Linguistics) word formed from its derivative (e.g.: "greed" from "greedy; "edit" from "editor"); process of forming words in this manner; a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it; Alternative spelling of backformation; a new word formed from an older word, for example 'televise', which is formed from 'television'
backformation: alternative spelling of back-formation