Word: embrittlement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
brit
tle
ment
Definition: The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: brittle
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
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.