Word: preflight
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
flight
Definition: An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; physically in front of; anterior.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: fly
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The action of flying; flight.
Affix: -t
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with -s.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -s
Language: en
Decoded: -s
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.
Affix: the
Language: en
Decoded: the
PoS: Article
Meaning: Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.