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English noun: language unit

1. language unit (communication) one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed


Synonymslinguistic 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 meronymstring









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