Word: transcompiler
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tran
scom
pi
ler
Definition: A translating compiler that takes the source code of a programming language as its input and outputs the source code into another programming language.
Morphemes:
Affix: trans-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trāns
Language: la
Decoded: trans
Meaning: across, on the far side, beyond
Affix: compiler
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: compilatorem
Language: la
Decoded: compilatorem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A compiler, one which heaps (up) or compiles.