Word: strangles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: stran
gles
Definition: A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
Morphemes:
Affix: strangle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: στραγγαλόομαι
Language: grc
Decoded: straggaloomai
Meaning: to strangle
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Hypocoristic suffix