Word: butterflies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bu
tter
flies
Definition: Plural of butterfly; flutter like a butterfly
Morphemes:
Affix: butter
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A smooth plane landing.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: βοῦς
Language: grc
Decoded: bous
Meaning: cow
Affix: τυρός
Language: grc
Decoded: turos
Meaning: cheese
Affix: fly
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.