Word: echelles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
chelles
Definition: Plural of echelle. An echelle grating.
Morphemes:
Affix: echelle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An echelle grating; optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
Etymology Compounds: Affix: échelle
Language: fr
Decoded: echelle
Meaning: ladder
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.