Word: gerunds
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ge
runds
Definition: Plural of gerund; a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
Morphemes:
Affix: gerund
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gerundium
Language: la
Decoded: gerundium
PoS: Noun
Meaning: gerund
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).