Word: carotenoids
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
ro
te
noids
Definition: Plural of carotenoid; any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals
Morphemes:
Affix: carrot
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: carōta
Language: la
Decoded: carota
PoS: Noun
Meaning: carrot
Affix: -ene
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A polymer derived from an alkene.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ηνός
Language: grc
Decoded: -enos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to place name to form an adjective: -ian, -ese
Affix: -oid
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having the likeness of. Forms adjectives and nouns.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: εἶδος
Language: grc
Decoded: eidos
Meaning: form, appearance
Affix: -ής
Language: grc
Decoded: -es
Meaning: -ής
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).