Word: departments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
part
ments
Definition: Plural of department; the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
Morphemes:
Affix: department
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: de
Language: la
Decoded: de
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The name of the letter D.
Affix: partiō
Language: la
Decoded: partio
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I share, part, apportion; divide, distribute.
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.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).