Word: barracks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
rracks
Definition: A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.
Morphemes:
Affix: barrack
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: baraque
Language: fr
Decoded: baraque
PoS: Noun
Meaning: shack, hut
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.