Word: peritrigonal
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pe
ri
tri
go
nal
Definition: Surrounding a trigone. One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
Morphemes:
Affix: peri-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: around or surrounding
Etymology Compounds: Affix: περί
Language: grc
Decoded: peri
Meaning: about, around
Affix: tri-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: three
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tri-
Language: la
Decoded: tri-
Meaning: three
Affix: -gon
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons). If the number is large enough, it can take the hyphenated suffix directly.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γωνία
Language: grc
Decoded: gonia
Meaning: corner, angle
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.