thematic: Meaning and Definition of

the•mat•ic

Pronunciation: (thē-mat'ik), [key]
— adj.
  1. of or pertaining to a theme.
    1. (of a word or words) of, pertaining to, or producing a theme or themes.
    2. (of a vowel) pertaining to the theme or stem: the thematic vowel ends the stem and precedes the inflectional ending of a word form, as i in Latin audiō “I hear.”
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