pseudoword

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ word

Noun

pseudoword (plural pseudowords)

(linguistics) A unit of speech or text that respects the phonotactic restrictions of a language, but is not part of the lexicon

Synonyms

wug word

Translations

unit

Catalan: logàtom m
Dutch: logatoom (nl) n
Esperanto: pseŭdovorto
French: pseudo-mot m
Greek: ψευδολέξη (el) f (psevdoléxi)

Hebrew: מילת תפל‎ (he) (milat tefel)
Japanese: 擬似語 (gijigo)
Korean: 유사 비단어 (yusa bidaneo)
Polish: logatom m
Thai: ศัพท์เทียม (sàp tiam)

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