General term for each inflected form of a lexeme

Each inflected form of a lexeme is called a word-form.

1. What is the inflectional form of a lexeme?
2. Is citation form the same as lexeme?
3. Is every word a lexeme?
4. What is lexeme and lexicon?

What is the inflectional form of a lexeme?

A lexeme is stripped of any inflectional endings. Thus play, plays, played, and playing are all inflected forms of the lexeme play. In a similar vein, cat and cats are inflected forms of the same lexeme, i.e., cat. Although inflection creates forms of the same lexeme, derivation creates new lexemes.

Is citation form the same as lexeme?

A "lexeme" is a word as an item of meaning and is represented as a different headword in dictionaries. "Citation forms" of lexemes are the base forms and are normally used as the headword. For example 'sing' NOT sings. Irregular word forms often have separate entries.

Is every word a lexeme?

A lexeme is often--but not always--an individual word (a simple lexeme or dictionary word, as it's sometimes called). A single dictionary word (for example, talk) may have a number of inflectional forms or grammatical variants (in this example, talks, talked, talking).

What is lexeme and lexicon?

A lexicon is the collection of words used by certain languages, professions or hobbies. Lexemes are the individual words or phrases that make up a lexicon.