Word: caravels
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ca
ra
vels
Definition: Plural of caravel. A light, usually lateen- rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
Morphemes:
Affix: caravel
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κᾱ́ρᾰβος
Language: grc
Decoded: karabos
Meaning: type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).