Word: codetalkers
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: co
de
tal
kers
Definition: Plural of codetalker; a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II
Morphemes:
Affix: code
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
Affix: talk
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To communicate, usually by means of speech.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tell
Language: en
Decoded: tell
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To convey by speech; to say.
Affix: -k
Language: en
Decoded: -k
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix found in words of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).