Word: teleconverter
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: te
le
con
ver
ter
Definition: A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to enlarge the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens.
Morphemes:
Affix: tele-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: over a distance
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τῆλε
Language: grc
Decoded: tele
Meaning: at a distance, far off, far away, far from
Affix: convert
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: vertō
Language: la
Decoded: verto
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I translate
Affix: -er
Language: en
Meaning: agent noun
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -er; Used to form nouns denoting an agent of use, such as a dealer or artisan, from other nouns.