Word: mistress
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: mis
tress
Definition: A married woman; a wife
Morphemes:
Affix: mister
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: minae
Language: la
Decoded: minae
Meaning: threats, menaces
Affix: -or
Language: la
Decoded: -or
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form
Affix: -ter
Language: la
Decoded: -ter
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
Affix: -ium
Language: la
Decoded: -ium
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes denoting offices and groups. May no longer be productive.
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension