Definitions For Univerbation

Noun

{{examples, always from all [the] way onto from on to albeit from all [though] be it :category:english univerbations, more … }} UNIVERBATION. (countable and uncountable, plural UNIVERBATIONs) (linguistics) The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words. (linguistics) A new word formed by this process.

Synonyms

monophrasis {{qf, rare}} word-amalgamation monolexis monolexia {{qf, rare}}

Translations

Czech: univerbizace, f Finnish: univerbaatio, syntagmaattinen sulautuminen French: univerbation, f German: Univerbation, f, Zusammenrückung, f, Univerbierung, f Hungarian: univerbáció, univerbálódás, egyszavasulás, egyszavasítás, összeolvadás, egyszavas formává válás, összetétellé válás Italian: univerbazione, f Occitan: univerbacion, f Polish: uniwerbizacja, f Russian: универба́ция, f Serbo-Croatian: pojednorječenje, n Spanish: univerbación, f

Etymology

{{confix, en, uni, verb, ation}}

See also

grammaticalization portmanteau word, portmanteau compound word