Word: villages
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: vi
lla
ges
Definition: Plural of village; a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
Morphemes:
Affix: village
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: villāticus
Language: la
Decoded: villaticus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: related to a vīlla
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.