Word: impediment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
ped
i
ment
Definition: A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
Morphemes:
Affix: impediment
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: into, in
Affix: pe
Language: en
Decoded: pe
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
Affix: -s
Language: en
Decoded: -s
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the word bearing the marker.
Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form causative verbs from adjectives.
Affix: -mentum
Language: la
Decoded: -mentum
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum