Word: government
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: gov
ern
ment
Definition: The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
Morphemes:
Affix: govern
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of governing; the act of governing; exercising authority
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κυβερνάω
Language: grc
Decoded: kubernao
Meaning: I steer, drive, govern
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.