Word: bassoonist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bas
soon
ist
Definition: A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family.
Morphemes:
Affix: bassoon
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: basso
Language: it
Decoded: basso
Meaning: bass
Affix: -one
Language: it
Decoded: -one
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffixed to nouns or adjectives — originally a-stem nouns, but later nouns with other stems — forms regular first-conjugation verbs
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a person who uses a device of some kind;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: With -ύζω verbs.