Word: settlement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: set
tle
ment
Definition: A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
Morphemes:
Affix: settle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.