pseudoword

pseudoword

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ word

Noun

pseudoword (plural pseudowords)

1. (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)