Word: christenings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: chri
ste
nings
Definition: Plural of christening; administer baptism to
Morphemes:
Affix: christen
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cristen
Language: ang
Decoded: cristen
Meaning: Christen, Christian
Affix: -nian
Language: ang
Decoded: -nian
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form verbs
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).