Word: directress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
rec
tress
Definition: A female director.
Morphemes:
Affix: director
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: directus
Language: la
Decoded: directus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: directed, steered, having been directed
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension