Word: imprisonment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
pris
on
ment
Definition: A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, as punishment for a crime.
Morphemes:
Affix: imprison
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To put in or as if in prison; confine.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: emprisonner
Language: fro
Decoded: emprisonner
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to imprison
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.