Word: contestant
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
test
ant
Definition: A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
Morphemes:
Affix: contest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A competition; an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
Affix: testis
Language: la
Decoded: testis
Meaning: a witness
Affix: -o
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: denominative
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.