Word: puissant
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pu
is
sant
Definition: Powerful, mighty, having authority.
Morphemes:
Affix: puis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: authority
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.