Word: christening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: chris
ten
ing
Definition: The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
Morphemes:
Affix: christen
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cristen
Language: ang
Decoded: cristen
Meaning: Christen, Christian
Affix: -nian
Language: ang
Decoded: -nian
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffix applied to nouns and adjectives to form verbs
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.