Word: contraction
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
trac
tion
Definition: The process of contracting a disease.
Morphemes:
Affix: contract
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To gain or acquire (an illness).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
Meaning: with, together
Affix: traho
Language: la
Decoded: traho
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I attract, draw (someone; their attention)
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.