Word: nurturant
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: nur
tur
ant
Definition: That provides nourishment; nurturing.
Morphemes:
Affix: nurture
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To nourish or nurse.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nutrire
Language: la
Decoded: nutrire
Meaning: to nourish
Affix: -ant
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -āns
Language: la
Decoded: -ans
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; ee -ns.