Word: consignment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
sign
ment
Definition: The act of consigning; send to an address
Morphemes:
Affix: consign
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To send to a final destination.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: signō
Language: la
Decoded: signo
Meaning: mark, sign
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.