Word: rafales
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ra
fales
Definition: Plural of rafale. A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force.
Morphemes:
Affix: rafale
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rafale
Language: fr
Decoded: rafale
PoS: Noun
Meaning: burst (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).