Word: absentee
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
sen
tee
Definition: A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
Morphemes:
Affix: absent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An absentee; a person who is not there.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: away
Affix: sum
Language: la
Decoded: sum
Meaning: to be
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ee
Language: fro
Decoded: -ee
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.