Word: entailment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
tail
ment
Definition: The act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
Morphemes:
Affix: entail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That which is entailed. Hence.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: entaille
Language: fro
Decoded: entaille
Meaning: incision
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.