Word: impalement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: im
pale
ment
Definition: The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
Morphemes:
Affix: impale
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: palus
Language: la
Decoded: palus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: stake, prop, stay, pale, post
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.