1. Of or relating to the fusion of linguistic elements, especially the combination of morphemes into single word forms with fused meanings.
Usage: linguistics; technical
2. Characterized by or involving the joining or blending of separate elements into a unified whole.
Usage: general

Examples

• Latin is considered a fusional language because its case endings merge grammatical information into single morphemes.
• The fusional nature of Romance languages makes them distinct from agglutinative languages like Turkish.
• In fusional morphology, a single affix may express multiple grammatical features simultaneously.
• Linguists classify languages along a spectrum from isolating to fusional to agglutinative.
• The fusional structure of German allows complex meanings to be expressed in compact word forms.