Word: ratissages
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ra
ti
ssa
ges
Definition: Plural of ratissage. A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44.
Morphemes:
Affix: ratissage
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ratisser
Language: fr
Decoded: ratisser
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to rake (to use a rake to collect things together)
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming collective nouns.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).