Word: pretournament
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pre
tour
na
ment
Definition: Occurring before, or in preparation for, a tournament
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: tournament
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tornoier
Language: fro
Decoded: tornoier
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to participate in a tournament (medieval contest)
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.