Word: microfiches
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mi
cro
fi
ches
Definition: Plural of microfiche; small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
Morphemes:
Affix: microfiche
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages; read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: microfiche
Language: fr
Decoded: microfiche
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages; read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.