English Dictionary

compound word

名詞

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus. In English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

日本語の意味

2つ以上の語または語素が組み合わさってできた単語。場合によってはスペースやハイフンで区切られていることもある。

In class, the linguist explained how a compound word like 'toothbrush' combines two stems to create a new meaning.

授業で言語学者は、歯ブラシのように二つ以上の語幹から成る複合語が部分を組み合わせて新しい意味を作る仕組みを説明しました。

意味（1）

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus. In English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man.

意味（2）

A word composed of two or more stems or a prefixed word.

A compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage.

compound words （ plural ）