Learn English – the single word that means “part of speech”

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Part of speech refers to the linguistic categories for words or lexical items, such as noun, verb, adjective and adverb, etc.

Which is the single word meaning "part of speech" exactly?

Best Answer

To summarize the discussion that has happened in the above comments:

  1. There is no general single-word replacement for "part of speech" that has any real usefulness.
  2. If you want the average English speaker to understand what you mean, just say "part of speech".
  3. If you are speaking with academic grammarians, it may be more appropriate to use the term "word class", and in some very specific circumstances, if everyone involved is paying attention, you may be able to get away with just "class", which is a one word replacement, though it is really just an abbreviated form of the longer, two-word term.
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