Word: nongermanium
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
ger
ma
ni
um
Definition: Not of or pertaining to germanium; a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: germanium
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: Germānī
Language: la
Decoded: Germani
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a Germanic person; member of a Germanic tribe
Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
Affix: -ium
Language: en
Decoded: -ium
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the temporary systematic element name of a metallic or nonmetallic element which is postulated to exist, or which has been newly synthesized and has not yet been assigned a permanent name.