Word: captainess
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cap
tay
ness
Definition: female captain
Morphemes:
Affix: captain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To act as captain
Etymology Compounds: Affix: caput
Language: la
Decoded: caput
Meaning: head
Affix: -ess
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix appended to words to make a female form.Examples.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισσα
Language: grc
Decoded: -issa
PoS: Noun
Meaning: femininizes masculine nouns in the first declension