Word: Leonids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: le
o
nids
Definition: Plural of Leonid. Each of a shower of meteorites which fall from the area of sky around the constellation Leo in November.
Morphemes:
Affix: Leo
Language: en
PoS: Proper noun
Meaning: Proper noun~ : A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the bright star Regulus.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: leō
Language: la
Decoded: leo
Meaning: lion
Affix: -n-
Language: en
PoS: Interfix
Meaning: Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.