Word: confectionery
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
fec
tion
er
y
Definition: Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
Morphemes:
Affix: confect
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make into a confection; to prepare as a candy, sweetmeat, preserve, or the like.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: com-
Language: la
Decoded: com-
Meaning: together
Affix: facere
Language: la
Decoded: facere
Meaning: to make
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.
Affix: -ery
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.