Word: brightener
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bright
en
er
Definition: A chemical agent that absorbs ultraviolet and violet light and re-emits blue light by fluorescence, used to make fabric or paper look whiter.
Morphemes:
Affix: bright
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: brighte
Language: enm
Decoded: brighte
Meaning: brightly; brilliantly, lustrously; of colour: boldly, vividly; clearly, distinctly; of voice: loudly
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.