Word: metasemantics
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
tase
man
tics
Definition: The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
Affix: semantic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sémantique
Language: fr
Decoded: semantique
PoS: Noun
Meaning: semantics
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).