Word: courtyards
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cour
tyards
Definition: Plural of courtyard; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
Morphemes:
Affix: court
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cōrtem
Language: la
Decoded: cortem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a farmyard or enclosure
Affix: yard
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).