Word: emprisonment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: em
pri
son
ment
Definition: obsolete form of imprisonment.
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: prison
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prehensiōnem
Language: la
Decoded: prehensionem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing
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.