Word: plantation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: plan
ta
tion
Definition: The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
Morphemes:
Affix: plantation
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: planta
Language: la
Decoded: planta
PoS: Noun
Meaning: any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species; a sprout, shoot, twig, sprig, sucker, graft, scion, slip, cutting
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: denominative
Affix: -tiō
Language: la
Decoded: -tio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to a verb (usually a participle form) to form a noun relating to some action or the result of an action.