Word: alightment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: a
light
ment
Definition: The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Towards; Used to indicate direction, reduction to, increase to, change into, or motion.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: towards
Affix: light
Language: en
Meaning: to dismount
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.