Word: servile
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: ser
vile
Definition: Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
Morphemes:
Affix: servile
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: servus
Language: la
Decoded: servus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: slavish, servile
Affix: -īlis
Language: la
Decoded: -ilis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ile; used to form an adjective noun of relation, frequently passive, to the verb or root.