Word: competitress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: com
pet
i
tress
Definition: A female competitor.
Morphemes:
Affix: competitor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: petō
Language: la
Decoded: peto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To missionize or proselytize among the people of a place.
Affix: -tor
Language: la
Decoded: -tor
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; used to form a masculine agent noun
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension