Word: suboctaves
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: su
boc
taves
Definition: Plural of suboctave. The octave below another.
Morphemes:
Affix: sub-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: under, beneath
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sub
Language: la
Decoded: sub
Meaning: under
Affix: octave
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.