English noun: linguistic unit | |||
1. | linguistic unit (communication) one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed | ||
Synonyms | language unit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | component, component part, constituent, part, portion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | collocation, discourse, formative, lexeme, morpheme, name, phone, sign, sound, speech sound, syllable, word | ||
Part meronym | string | ||