morpheme_key: troop

morpheme: troop

morpheme_head: troop

affix_form: -troop-

meaning_definition: group of soldiers | large number | crowd

example_words_list_1: troop, troops, troopship

example_words_corpus: troops | trooper | trooped | troopes | troopers | trooping

categorical_group_list: Collective, Military, Quantity

etymology: Latin 'turba' (crowd, mob) or 'turpis' (disordered); related to 'turba' via metathesis or folk etymology with 'turba'


morpheme_key: trop

morpheme: trop

morpheme_head: trop

affix_form: -trop

affix_type: root

bound_free_or_root: root

meaning_definition: turned toward, with an orientation toward, having an affinity for, affecting

example_words_list_1: geotropic, phototropic

example_words_list_2: geotropic, phototropic

example_words_corpus: tiotropium | deptropine | cimetropium | tropisetron | tropanserin

categorical_group_list: Direction, Motion, Orientation

etymology: Greek τρόπος (trópos), a turn, way, manner, style

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek

etymological_family: Greek

register: classical

source: Wikidata

attestation: both


morpheme_key: trope

morpheme: trope

morpheme_head: trope

affix_form: -trope-

bound_free_or_root: bound

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun

meaning_definition: turn | direction | way | manner

example_words_list_1: contrive | heliotropism | isotrope | psychotropic | trope | tropic | tropism | troposphere | troubadour | trove | allotrope | heliotrope | inotrope | heliotropic | hepatotropic | hypermetropic | amphitropous | anatropous | campylotropous | isotropous | orthotropous | allotropy | anisotropy | entropy | extropy | isotropy | anemotropism | ergotropism | geotropism

example_words_list_2: contrive, heliotropism, isotrope, psychotropic, trope, tropic, tropism, troposphere, troubadour, trove, allotrope, heliotrope, inotrope, isotrope, heliotropic, hepatotropic, hypermetropic, amphitropous, anatropous, campylotropous, isotropous, orthotropous, allotropy, anisotropy, entropy, extropy, isotropy, anemotropism, ergotropism, geotropism

example_words_corpus: tropes | troped | troper | tropers | subtrope | allotrope

categorical_group_list: Motion, Direction, Manner

ancestor_etymon: trop

etymology: τρόπος (tropos)


morpheme_key: troph

morpheme: troph

morpheme_head: troph

affix_form: troph-

affix_type: suffix

morpheme_subtype: forms:not suffix

bound_free_or_root: stem

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix

meaning_definition: supply sustenance | develop | sustenance | nutritional support | development | sustain | stratum | tier | class

example_words_list_1: atrophy, hypertrophy, dystrophy, trophoblast

example_words_corpus: biotroph | autotroph | allotroph | auxotroph | thiotroph | biotrophs

categorical_group_list: Nutrition, Growth, Biology

ancestor_etymon: troph

etymology: Greek trophē 'nourishment, food'

register: scientific

attestation: wiktionary


morpheme_key: trophic

morpheme: trophic

morpheme_head: trophic

affix_form: -trophic

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective

meaning_definition: feed, grow, nourishment, nutrition

example_words_list_1: dystrophy | pogonotrophy | trophic | trophobiotic | trophoblast | trophoblastic | trophotropic | trophotropism | trophozoite | antistrophic | apostrophic | atrophic

example_words_list_2: dystrophy, pogonotrophy, trophic, trophobiotic, trophoblast, trophoblastic, trophotropic, trophotropism, trophozoite, antistrophic, apostrophic, atrophic

example_words_corpus: eutrophic | eutrophics | exotrophic | eutrophicate | eutrophicated | eutrophicates

categorical_group_list: Suffix concatenation

etymology: τροφή, τροφός (trophós)


morpheme_key: trophism

morpheme: trophism

morpheme_head: trophism

affix_form: -trophism

meaning_definition: state of | condition of | process of

categorical_group_list: State, Condition, Biological process

etymology: Greek -trophos 'nourished' + -ism 'state/condition'


morpheme_key: trophy

morpheme: trophy

morpheme_head: trophy

affix_form: -trophy-

allomorphs: -trophy

meaning_definition: sustenance | progress | supply nutrients | increase in size | dietary intake | growth or nourishment tied to the initial component

example_words_list_1: pseudohypertrophy | dystrophy | pogonotrophy | trophic | trophobiotic | trophoblast | trophoblastic | trophotropic | trophotropism | trophozoite | antistrophic | apostrophic | atrophic | hypertrophy

example_words_corpus: eutrophy | syntrophy | biotrophy | myotrophy | hypotrophy | abiotrophy

ancestor_etymon: -τροϕία  OED | trop

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek | Greek  OED

source: Stein


morpheme_key: tropic

morpheme: tropic

morpheme_head: tropic

affix_form: -tropic-

meaning_definition: turning | direction | way

example_words_corpus: tropics | tropical | iatropic | isotropic | lyotropic | tropicals


morpheme_key: tropism

morpheme: tropism

morpheme_head: tropism

affix_form: -tropism

meaning_definition: turning | direction | movement toward or away from a stimulus

example_words_corpus: tropisms | geotropism | ecotropism | diatropism | allotropism | chaotropism


morpheme_key: tropo

morpheme: tropo

morpheme_head: tropo

affix_form: tropo-

affix_type: prefix

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun

meaning_definition: a shift or pivot | the action of rotating

example_words_list_1: troposphere | tropophyte

example_words_list_2: troposphere, tropophyte

example_words_corpus: troponym | atropous | troponyms | troponymy | troposmia | troponomy

categorical_group_list: Motion, Change

ancestor_etymon: τρόπος  OED

etymology: < ancient Greek τρόπος trope n...< τροπή turn, turning OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek  OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein


morpheme_key: tropy

morpheme: tropy

morpheme_head: tropy

affix_form: -tropy

meaning_definition: turn

example_words_list_1: allotrope | anisotropy | Atropos | ectropion | entropic | entropion | entropy | heliotropism | isentropic | isotrope | isotropic | isotropy | pleiotropic | pleiotropy | polytrope | protrepsis | protreptic | psychotropic | treponeme | treponematosis | treponemiasis | trope | tropic | tropism | tropopause | troposphere | trove

example_words_list_2: allotrope, anisotropy, Atropos, ectropion, entropic, entropion, entropy, heliotropism, isentropic, isotrope, isotropic, isotropy, pleiotropic, pleiotropy, polytrope, protrepsis, protreptic, psychotropic, treponeme, treponematosis, treponemiasis, trope, tropic, tropism, tropopause, troposphere, trove

example_words_corpus: isotropy | lyotropy | syntropy | allotropy | gyrotropy | barotropy

etymology: τρέπειν (trépein), τρέψις (trépsis), τρόπος, τρόπου (trópos), τροπή, τροπῆς (tropḗ), τροπικός (tropikós)


morpheme_key: trot

morpheme: trot

morpheme_head: trot

affix_form: -trot-

bound_free_or_root: free

meaning_definition: to run at a moderate pace | a steady gait

example_words_list_1: trotting, trotter, trotted

example_words_corpus: trots | trotter | foxtrot | trotted | dogtrot | jogtrot

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed

etymology: Middle English trot, from imitative origin

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English

etymological_family: Germanic

register: vernacular


morpheme_key: troth

morpheme: troth

morpheme_head: troth

affix_form: -troth-

meaning_definition: truth | fidelity | loyalty

example_words_list_1: troth, betrothal, untrodden

categorical_group_list: Veracity, Loyalty

etymology: Old English trēowth (truth, fidelity) from trēowe (true)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English

attestation: morpholex


morpheme_key: troubadour

morpheme: troubadour

morpheme_head: troubadour

affix_form: -troubadour-

meaning_definition: poet | singer | lyricist

example_words_list_1: troubadour

example_words_corpus: troubadours | troubadourism

categorical_group_list: Profession, Art, Music

etymology: Old Occitan 'trobador' from 'trobar' 'to find/compose'

ancestor_etymon_language: Occitan

etymological_family: other


morpheme_key: trouble

morpheme: trouble

morpheme_head: trouble

affix_form: -trouble-

meaning_definition: disturbance | difficulty | trouble

example_words_list_1: troublesome, troublemaker, troubled

example_words_corpus: troubled | troubles | troubler | troubleth | troublers | untroubled

categorical_group_list: Difficulty, Conflict, Adversity

etymology: Old French 'trubler' (to disturb, agitate)

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin

etymological_family: Latin


morpheme_key: trough

morpheme: trough

morpheme_head: trough

affix_form: -trough-

meaning_definition: a long, narrow, shallow depression | a container for feeding animals

example_words_list_1: trough

example_words_corpus: troughs | pentrough | troughlike | pentroughs | troughless | eavestrough

categorical_group_list: Container, Depression

etymology: Old English 'trog' (trough, groove)


morpheme_key: trounce

morpheme: trounce

morpheme_head: trounce

affix_form: -trounce-

meaning_definition: defeat | conquer | overcome

example_words_list_1: trounced, trouncing, trounces, trouncer

example_words_corpus: trounced | trouncer | trounces | trouncers | untrounced

categorical_group_list: Victory, Conflict

etymology: From Old French 'tranchier' or 'trenchier' meaning 'to cut, sever', derived from Vulgar Latin 'transecare' (to cut across).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: troupe

morpheme: troupe

morpheme_head: troupe

affix_form: -troupe-

meaning_definition: group | company | band

example_words_list_1: troupe

example_words_corpus: trouper | troupes | trouped | troupers

categorical_group_list: Collective, Grouping

etymology: Old French 'troupe' (group, band)

ancestor_etymon_language: French

etymological_family: Romance


morpheme_key: trouser

morpheme: trouser

morpheme_head: trouser

affix_form: -trouser-

meaning_definition: garment | clothing | legwear

example_words_list_1: trouser, trousers

example_words_corpus: trousers | trousered | trouserless | untrousered | betrousered | overtrousers

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Middle French 'trousser' (to bundle, prepare)


morpheme_key: trout

morpheme: trout

morpheme_head: trout

affix_form: -trout-

meaning_definition: type of freshwater fish

example_words_list_1: trout

example_words_corpus: trouts | trouty | troutlet | troutlike | troutling | troutlets

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Fish

etymology: Middle English 'trouthe'

register: neutral


morpheme_key: trove

morpheme: trove

morpheme_head: trove

affix_form: -trove-

meaning_definition: a store | a collection | a hoard

example_words_list_1: trove, treasure trove

example_words_corpus: troves

categorical_group_list: Collection, Accumulation

etymology: Old French 'trover' 'to find'


morpheme_key: trowel

morpheme: trowel

morpheme_head: trowel

affix_form: -trowel-

meaning_definition: a small handheld tool for digging or spreading

example_words_list_1: trowels, troweled, troweling

example_words_corpus: trowels | troweled | troweling | trowelled | trowelful | trowelling

categorical_group_list: Tool, Implement

etymology: Middle English trowel, from Old French truelle


morpheme_key: truc

morpheme: truc

morpheme_head: truc

affix_form: truc-

allomorphs: truce

meaning_definition: aggressive | brutal | merciless

example_words_list_1: truculent | truculence | truculency

example_words_list_2: truculent | truculence | truculency

categorical_group_list: Aggression, Emotion

ancestor_etymon: truc

etymology: trux | trucis


morpheme_key: truck

morpheme: truck

morpheme_head: truck

affix_form: -truck-

meaning_definition: large motor vehicle | transport vehicle

example_words_list_1: truck, trucker, trucking, truckload

example_words_corpus: trucks | trucky | trucker | truckle | trucked | truckie

categorical_group_list: Vehicle, Transport

etymology: Middle English 'trucke', likely related to 'truk' (to roll/tumble)


morpheme_key: trucul

morpheme: trucul

morpheme_head: trucul

affix_form: -trucul-

meaning_definition: fierce | savage | violent

example_words_list_1: truculent

categorical_group_list: Aggression, Temperament

etymology: Latin truculentus, from truculus 'fierce, savage'


morpheme_key: trude

morpheme: trude

morpheme_head: trud

affix_form: -trude-

allomorphs: trude

meaning_definition: push | thrust | press

example_words_list_1: intrude, protrude, extrude, retrude

categorical_group_list: Motion, Force

etymology: From Latin 'trudere' (to push, thrust) or the past participle stem 'trus-', derived from the PIE root *treu- (to thrust, push).


morpheme_key: trudge

morpheme: trudge

morpheme_head: trudge

affix_form: -trudge-

meaning_definition: to walk heavily | to move with difficulty

example_words_list_1: ['trudge', 'trudging', 'trudged']

example_words_corpus: trudged | trudges | trudger | trudgers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: From Old English 'þryccan' meaning 'to press, squeeze, or oppress', related to the concept of weight and pressure.


morpheme_key: true

morpheme: true

morpheme_head: true

affix_form: -true-

allomorphs: tru

meaning_definition: true | correct | real | actual

example_words_list_1: true, verify, veracity, veritable, verisimilitude

example_words_corpus: trued | trues | untrue | truely | trueing | nontrue

categorical_group_list: Truth, Verification, Core concept

etymology: Latin adjective 'verus' meaning 'true, real, genuine'


morpheme_key: truffle

morpheme: truffle

morpheme_head: truffle

affix_form: -truffle-

meaning_definition: truffle

example_words_list_1: truffle, truffle-scented, truffle-oil

example_words_corpus: truffles | truffled | truffley | trufflelike

categorical_group_list: Food, Fungi

etymology: Latin tuber 'swelling, lump' (referring to the shape of the fungus)


morpheme_key: trump

morpheme: trump

morpheme_head: trump

affix_form: -trump-

meaning_definition: to surpass | to outdo | to excel

example_words_list_1: trump, trumped, trumping, trumpeter

example_words_corpus: trumps | trumped | betrump | nontrump | Trumpian | Trumpism

categorical_group_list: Superiority, Action

etymology: From Latin 'trumpare' (to trump, beat), possibly of imitative origin or related to 'tremere' (to tremble/shake).


morpheme_key: trumpet

morpheme: trumpet

morpheme_head: trumpet

affix_form: -trumpet-

meaning_definition: loud brass instrument | to sound a loud note

example_words_list_1: trumpeter, trumpeting, trumpets

example_words_corpus: trumpets | trumpety | trumpeter | trumpeted | betrumpet | trumpeting

categorical_group_list: Music, Sound, Instrument

etymology: From Latin 'tuba' (trumpet) + '-et' (diminutive suffix)


morpheme_key: trunc

morpheme: trunc

morpheme_head: trunc

affix_form: trunc-

meaning_definition: severed portion | primary structure | main body

example_words_list_1: trench | trenchant | truncate | truncheon | trunk | detruncate | detruncation | entrench | entrenchment | intrench | intrenchment | obtruncate | obtruncation | omnitruncation | retrench | retrenchment | tranche | tranchet | trenchancy | truncation | trunnion

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Physicality

ancestor_etymon: trunc

etymology: truncare ~to maim | mutilate~ | from truncus ~mutilated | cut off~ | truncare "to maim | mutilate" | from truncus"mutilated | cut off"


morpheme_key: truncate

morpheme: truncate

morpheme_head: truncate

affix_form: -truncate-

meaning_definition: cut | shorten | lop off

example_words_list_1: truncated, truncation

example_words_corpus: truncated | truncates | untruncated | bitruncated | subtruncate | truncatedly

categorical_group_list: Reduction, Action

etymology: Latin truncus 'trunk, stump, mutilated'


morpheme_key: truncheon

morpheme: truncheon

morpheme_head: truncheon

affix_form: -truncheon-

meaning_definition: a short heavy stick used as a weapon or for punishment

example_words_list_1: truncheons, truncheonist

example_words_corpus: truncheons | truncheoner | truncheoneer | truncheoners | truncheoneers

categorical_group_list: Weaponry, Physical object

etymology: Middle English truncheon, from French truncheon


morpheme_key: trundle

morpheme: trundle

morpheme_head: trundle

affix_form: -trundle-

meaning_definition: to roll | to move heavily | to wander

example_words_list_1: trundle, trundling, trundled

example_words_corpus: trundled | trundles | trundler | trundlers | trundletail | trundlehead

etymology: Middle English trundelen, likely imitative of heavy rolling motion

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: trunk

morpheme: trunk

morpheme_head: trunk

affix_form: -trunk-

meaning_definition: main stem | body | torso | storage compartment

example_words_list_1: trunk, trunked, trunkless

example_words_corpus: trunks | trunky | trunked | intrunk | betrunk | trunkal

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Structure, Storage

etymology: Old French tronc 'trunk, stem, body', from Late Latin truncus 'mutilated, trunk'


morpheme_key: trus

morpheme: trus

morpheme_head: trus

affix_form: trus-

meaning_definition: drive | force | impel

example_words_list_1: abstrude | abstruse | abstrusion | abstrusity | detrude | detrusion | detrusor | extrude | extrusible | extrusion | extrusive | inobtrusive | intrude | intrusion | intrusive | nonintrusive | obtrude | obtrusion | obtrusive | protrude | protrudent | protrusile | protrusion | protrusive | retrude | retruse | retrusion | retrusive | protrusion Variant Spellings: thrust | thrust

related_morphemes: trud / trud

categorical_group_list: Capability | Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: trud

etymology: Latin trusus, past participle of trudere 'to push, thrust'

attestation: wikidata


morpheme_key: truss

morpheme: truss

morpheme_head: truss

affix_form: -truss-

meaning_definition: support | brace | strengthen

example_words_list_1: truss, trussed, trussing

categorical_group_list: Support, Structure

etymology: Middle English 'trusse', related to 'trous' (bundle/package)


morpheme_key: trust

morpheme: trust

morpheme_head: trust

affix_form: -trust-

meaning_definition: believe | rely | confidence

example_words_list_1: trustworthy, distrust, mistrust, trustworthy

example_words_corpus: trusty | trusts | trustee | trusted | entrust | intrust

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Social Bond, Veracity

etymology: Old English 'trēow' (truth, fidelity)


morpheme_key: truth

morpheme: truth

morpheme_head: truth

affix_form: -truth-

meaning_definition: truth | reality | fact

example_words_list_1: truth, truthful, truthfulness

categorical_group_list: Veracity, Core concept

etymology: Old English trēowth, from trēowe "true"


morpheme_key: try

morpheme: try

morpheme_head: try

affix_form: -try-

meaning_definition: attempt | effort | endeavor

example_words_list_1: try, trying, tried

example_words_corpus: retry | tryed | trying | mistry | tryhard | tryless

categorical_group_list: Action, Effort

etymology: Old French 'trier' (to pick, select, or sort)


morpheme_key: tryp

morpheme: tryp

morpheme_head: tryp

affix_form: tryp-

meaning_definition: bore

example_words_list_1: trepan | trypanophobia | trypanosome

example_words_list_2: trepan | trypanophobia | trypanosome

categorical_group_list: Perforation, Action

etymology: τρυπᾶν (trupân) | τρύπανον (trúpanon)


morpheme_key: trypano

morpheme: trypano

morpheme_head: trypano

affix_form: trypano-

meaning_definition: bug | insect | parasite

example_words_list_1: trypanosome | trypanocide | trypanocides | trypanosomal | trypanosomes | trypanocidal

categorical_group_list: Biological, Organism

etymology: Greek trypanos 'borer' or 'perforator'

source: Wiktionary


morpheme_key: tryst

morpheme: tryst

morpheme_head: tryst

affix_form: -tryst-

meaning_definition: secret meeting | rendezvous

example_words_list_1: tryst

example_words_corpus: trysts | tryster | trysters | mistryst | mistrysts

categorical_group_list: Social interaction, Meeting

etymology: Middle French 'tryste' (a meeting, appointed time)

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle French


morpheme_key: tsar

morpheme: tsar

morpheme_head: tsar

affix_form: -tsar-

meaning_definition: emperor | monarch | ruler

example_words_list_1: tsarist, tsardom, czarism

example_words_corpus: tsars | tsaric | tsarist | tsardom | tsarian | tsarish

categorical_group_list: Leadership, Royalty

etymology: From Latin Caesar via Old East Slavic, ultimately from the cognomen Caesar

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Church Slavonic


morpheme_key: tsunami

morpheme: tsunami

morpheme_head: tsunami

affix_form: -tsunami-

meaning_definition: harbor | port | wave

example_words_list_1: tsunami

example_words_corpus: tsunamic | megatsunami | teletsunami | tsunamilike | tsunamigenic | paleotsunami

categorical_group_list: Natural Disaster, Water

etymology: Japanese tsunami (津波), from tsu 'harbor' + nami 'wave'

ancestor_etymon_language: Japanese

etymological_family: Japanese


morpheme_key: tub

morpheme: tub

morpheme_head: tub

affix_form: tubi-

allomorphs: tubo

meaning_definition: hollow cylindrical structure | tubular passage

example_words_list_1: tubocurarine | tuboplasty | tubifex | intubate | tubal | tubate | tube | tubeless | tubular | tubulate | tubule | tubuliflorous | tubulin | tubulous | tubulure

example_words_corpus: tubs | tubby | tubbo | tubful | tubman | tubbos

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy, Structure

etymology: Latin tubus 'pipe, tube'

source: Cognatarium


morpheme_key: tuba

morpheme: tuba

morpheme_head: tuba

affix_form: -tuba-

meaning_definition: trumpet | horn

example_words_list_1: tuba, tubal

example_words_corpus: tubax | tubaist | saxtuba | tubaists | tubalike

categorical_group_list: Sound, Instrument

etymology: Latin tuba 'trumpet, horn'


morpheme_key: tuber

morpheme: tuber

morpheme_head: tuber

affix_form: -tuber-

meaning_definition: growth | bulge

example_words_list_1: protuberance, protuberate, tuber, tubercle, tuberculin, tuberculosis, tuberose, tuberous

example_words_corpus: tubers | tuberin | tuberal | tuberous | tuberins | tuberoid

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Growth, Shape

etymology: Latin tuber 'lump, swelling'


morpheme_key: tuberculo

morpheme: tuberculo

morpheme_head: tuberculo

affix_form: tuberculo-

allomorphs: tubercule

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective,noun

meaning_definition: tuberculosis-causing bacterium | relating to tuberculosis

example_words_list_1: tuberculosis | tuberculiform | tuberculoderm

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Pathology

ancestor_etymon: tūberculum  OED

etymology: From Latin tuberculum 'little swelling', diminutive of tuber 'swelling, lump'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: tubul

morpheme: tubul

morpheme_head: tubul

affix_form: tubul-

allomorphs: tubulo

meaning_definition: tube-like | tubular

example_words_list_1: tubulin | tubulins | antitubulin | microtubulin | antitubulins | microtubulins

categorical_group_list: Shape, Structure

etymology: Latin tubulus, diminutive of tuba 'tube, trumpet'


morpheme_key: tuck

morpheme: tuck

morpheme_head: tuck

affix_form: -tuck-

meaning_definition: to push, fold, or compress into a small space

example_words_list_1: tuck, tucked, tucking

example_words_corpus: tucks | tucker | tucked | untuck | retuck | tucking

categorical_group_list: Motion, Compression

etymology: Middle English tucken 'to push, shove, or fold'


morpheme_key: tude

morpheme: tude

morpheme_head: tude

affix_form: -tude

allomorphs: tud

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational | derivational suffix affix bound morpheme

meaning_definition: status | condition | existence

example_words_list_1: gratitude | aptitude | multitude | verisimilitude

example_words_corpus: multitude | hermitude | multitudes | definitude | definitudes | overmultitude

categorical_group_list: Abstract Noun, State/Condition

ancestor_etymon: ude

etymology: From Latin -tūdō (genitive -tūdinis), a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, derived from the stem of the adjective plus the suffix -tūdō.


morpheme_key: tues

morpheme: tues

morpheme_head: tues

affix_form: -tues-

meaning_definition: Tuesday

example_words_list_1: Tuesday, Tuesdays

categorical_group_list: Time, Day of the week, Germanic mythology

etymology: From Old English 'Tiwesdæg', meaning 'Day of Tiw', derived from the Germanic god Tiw (equivalent to Mars)


morpheme_key: tuft

morpheme: tuft

morpheme_head: tuft

affix_form: -tuft-

meaning_definition: a small bunch | a cluster | a lock of hair or fur

example_words_list_1: tufted, tufting, tuft

example_words_corpus: tufts | tufty | tufter | tufters | tuftless | tuftiness

categorical_group_list: Physicality, Shape, Texture

etymology: Middle English tuft, likely imitative of a cluster or clump


morpheme_key: tug

morpheme: tug

morpheme_head: tug

affix_form: -tug-

meaning_definition: pull | drag | yank

example_words_list_1: tug, tugged, tugging

example_words_corpus: tugs | tuggy | tugged | tugger | tuggie | tugboat

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical action

etymology: From Old English 'togan' (past participle of 'tǣgan') meaning 'to pull, drag', of Germanic origin.


morpheme_key: tuit

morpheme: tuit

morpheme_head: tuit

affix_form: tuit-

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: verb

meaning_definition: observe | safeguard | keep watch | care for

example_words_list_1: tuition | intuition | intuitive | intuit | tutelage | tutor | tutorial

example_words_corpus: tuits

categorical_group_list: Protection, Observation

etymology: Latin tuītus, past participle of tuērī 'to watch, protect'


morpheme_key: tuition

morpheme: tuition

morpheme_head: tuition

affix_form: -tuition-

meaning_definition: teaching | instruction | education

example_words_list_1: tutor, tutelage, tutrix, tutelar

example_words_corpus: tuitions | tuitional | nontuition | tuitionary

categorical_group_list: Education, Care, Maintenance

etymology: Latin 'tuitio' (nominative 'tutior'), from 'tutari' meaning 'to protect, guard, watch over'


morpheme_key: tulip

morpheme: tulip

morpheme_head: tulip

affix_form: -tulip-

meaning_definition: tulip (flower)

example_words_list_1: tulip

example_words_corpus: tulips | tulipy | tulipist | tulipwood | tuliplike | tulipists

categorical_group_list: Flora, Plant

etymology: From Persian tulbend, via Ottoman Turkish tülbent, ultimately from Sanskrit tribhanda

ancestor_etymon_language: Turkish


morpheme_key: tum

morpheme: tum

morpheme_head: tum

affix_form: tum-

sense_label: be swollen

meaning_definition: to be in a swollen state | to expand due to pressure | the act of becoming enlarged

example_words_list_1: detumescence | detumescent | intumescence | tumefacient | tumefaction | tumesce | tumescence | tumescent | tumid | tumidity | tumor | tumorous | tumular | tumulose | tumulous | tumult | tumultuary | tumultuous | tumulus | contumacy | contumely

example_words_corpus: tums | votumumab | detumomab | mitumomab | iratumumab | ofatumumab

categorical_group_list: Expansion, Physical state

ancestor_etymon: tum

etymology: Latin tumere 'to swell'

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Wikidata


morpheme_key: tumble

morpheme: tumble

morpheme_head: tumble

affix_form: -tumble-

meaning_definition: to fall | to roll | to overturn

example_words_list_1: tumble, tumbling, tumbled

example_words_corpus: tumbler | tumbled | tumbles | atumble | tumblers | tumbleth

categorical_group_list: Motion, Fall

etymology: Middle English tumblen


morpheme_key: tumesce

morpheme: tumesce

morpheme_head: tumesce

affix_form: -tumesce-

meaning_definition: to swell | to expand | to bloat

example_words_list_1: tumescent, tumescence

example_words_corpus: tumesces | tumesced | detumesce | detumesced | detumesces

categorical_group_list: Growth, Physical state

etymology: From Latin 'tumescent-', present participle stem of 'tumescere' meaning 'to swell', derived from 'tumere' (to swell) with the inchoative suffix '-scere'.


morpheme_key: tumid

morpheme: tumid

morpheme_head: tumid

affix_form: -tumid-

meaning_definition: swollen | distended | enlarged

example_words_list_1: tumefaction, tumescence, tumid

example_words_corpus: tumidly | tumidity | tumidities

categorical_group_list: Size, Physical state

etymology: Latin tumidus "swollen, puffed up," from tumere "to swell"


morpheme_key: tumor

morpheme: tumor

morpheme_head: tumor

affix_form: -tumor-

meaning_definition: swelling | tumor | growth

example_words_list_1: tumor, tumorous, tumefaction, tumescence

example_words_corpus: tumors | tumoral | tumored | tumorous | pretumor | nontumor

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biological, Pathology

etymology: Latin tumor 'swelling, swelling up', from tumere 'to swell'


morpheme_key: tumuli

morpheme: tumuli

morpheme_head: tumuli

affix_form: -tumuli-

meaning_definition: mound | burial mound | heap

example_words_list_1: tumulus

categorical_group_list: Physical Object, Earthwork

etymology: Latin tumulus "mound, hillock", diminutive of tumere "to swell"


morpheme_key: tumult

morpheme: tumult

morpheme_head: tumult

affix_form: -tumult-

meaning_definition: tumult | uproar | commotion | disturbance

example_words_list_1: tumult, tumultuous, tumultuously

example_words_corpus: tumults | tumulter | tumulters

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Motion, Conflict

etymology: Latin tumultus 'tumult, uproar', from tumulare 'to stir up, agitate'


morpheme_key: tuna

morpheme: tuna

morpheme_head: tuna

affix_form: -tuna-

meaning_definition: tuna (fish)

example_words_list_1: tuna

example_words_corpus: tunas | tunalike | tunaburger | tunaburgers

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Food

etymology: From Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Latin tūna, from Greek tōnos


morpheme_key: tund

morpheme: tund

morpheme_head: tund

affix_form: False

meaning_definition: strike | dim | render obtuse

example_words_list_1: obtund

example_words_list_2: obtund

related_morphemes: tus / tus

categorical_group_list: Impact, Physicality

etymology: Latin tundere 'to beat, strike'


morpheme_key: tundra

morpheme: tundra

morpheme_head: tundra

affix_form: -tundra-

meaning_definition: treeless plain | arctic vegetation

example_words_list_1: tundra

example_words_corpus: tundras | tundral

categorical_group_list: Environment, Geography, Nature

etymology: Russian тундра (tundra), from Nenets (Samoyedic) тундэ (tundæ) 'treeless mountainous plain'

ancestor_etymon_language: Sami


morpheme_key: tune

morpheme: tune

morpheme_head: tune

affix_form: -tune-

allomorphs: tun

meaning_definition: to adjust | to bring into harmony | to set or arrange

example_words_list_1: tune, attune, untune, retune

example_words_corpus: tuner | tunes | tuned | attune | tuners | detune

categorical_group_list: Sound, Music, Adjustment

etymology: Latin 'tunere' (to adjust, arrange) or 'tendere' (to stretch), related to 'tensus' (stretched)


morpheme_key: tungsten

morpheme: tungsten

morpheme_head: tungsten

affix_form: -tungsten-

meaning_definition: tungsten (chemical element)

example_words_list_1: tungsten

example_words_corpus: tungstens | ditungsten | tungstenic | nontungsten | tungstenian | tungstenite

categorical_group_list: Matter, Element

etymology: From Swedish 'tungsten', literally 'heavy stone' (tung 'heavy' + sten 'stone'), coined by Torbern Bergman in 1781.

ancestor_etymon_language: Swedish


morpheme_key: tunic

morpheme: tunic

morpheme_head: tunic

affix_form: -tunic-

meaning_definition: garment | clothing

example_words_list_1: tunic, tunicate, tunicle

example_words_corpus: tunics | tunicin | tunicked | tunicins | subtunic | tunicless

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Apparel

etymology: Latin tunicam (nominative tunica) 'garment worn under the toga'


morpheme_key: tunis

morpheme: tunis

morpheme_head: tunis

affix_form: -tunis-

meaning_definition: Tunisia | land of the Berbers

example_words_list_1: Tunisia, Tunisian, Tunisianization

example_words_corpus: Tunisia | Tunisianize | Tunisianness | Tunisianization

categorical_group_list: Geography, Proper Noun, Country Name

etymology: From Arabic 'Tunisiyya' (تونس), the name of the capital city, which derives from the Berber root 't-n-s' meaning 'to lie down' or 'to settle', referring to the Phoenician settlement of Carthage.

ancestor_etymon_language: Arabic


morpheme_key: tunny

morpheme: tunny

morpheme_head: tunny

affix_form: -tunny-

meaning_definition: tuna | fish

example_words_list_1: tunny, tunnyfish

example_words_corpus: tunnyfish

categorical_group_list: Animal, Marine life, Food

etymology: From Latin 'thunnus', meaning tuna, derived from Greek 'thynnus'.


morpheme_key: tup

morpheme: tup

morpheme_head: tup

affix_form: -tup-

meaning_definition: two | twice | double

example_words_list_1: tuplet, quintuplet, quadruplet, triplet

example_words_corpus: tups | tupped | tupman | tupping

categorical_group_list: Number, Multiplication, Quantity

etymology: Latin prefix 'duo' (two) + '-tuplus' (folded)


morpheme_key: turb

morpheme: turb

morpheme_head: turb

affix_form: turb-

sense_label: turbulent

meaning_definition: chaotic | muddled | agitated

example_words_list_1: turbulent, turbidity, turbid, perturbation

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

ancestor_etymon: turb

etymology: Latin turb- stem of turbare 'to disturb, throw into confusion'


morpheme_key: turba

morpheme: turba

morpheme_head: turba

affix_form: turba-

meaning_definition: disturb, whirl, spinning, turbine

example_words_list_1: turbulent, turbine, disturb, perturbation

categorical_group_list: Motion, Chaos, Rotation

etymology: turbinem (nominative turbo) spinning top, eddy, whirlwind, that which whirls, related to turba turmoil, crowd


morpheme_key: turban

morpheme: turban

morpheme_head: turban

affix_form: turban

meaning_definition: The full arrangement of spiral turns in a shell | The complete series of whorls forming a shell's spiral structure | The structural pattern of coiled shell layers

example_words_list_1: turbans | enturban | turbanize | turbanned | turbaning | enturbans

source: MorphoLex | Wikidata


morpheme_key: turbid

morpheme: turbid

morpheme_head: turbid

affix_form: -turbid-

meaning_definition: cloudy | muddy | thick | opaque

example_words_list_1: turbid, turbidity

example_words_corpus: turbidly | unturbid | turbidity | turbidite | turbidites | turbiditic

categorical_group_list: Clarity, State of matter

etymology: Latin turbidus 'muddy, thick', from turba 'crowd, confusion'


morpheme_key: turbine

morpheme: turbine

morpheme_head: turbine

affix_form: -turbine-

meaning_definition: spinning | rotating | whirling

example_words_list_1: turbine, turbinate, turbofan

example_words_corpus: turbines | turbinelike | microturbine | multiturbine

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rotation

etymology: Latin turbin- 'whirlwind, spinning top', from turba 'crowd, confusion'


morpheme_key: turbo

morpheme: turbo

morpheme_head: turbo

affix_form: turbo-

sense_label: driven or operated by a turbine

meaning_definition: powered by a turbine | controlled via a turbine

example_words_list_1: turbocharge | turbo-power | turbo-thrust

example_words_list_2: turbocharge, turbo-power, turbo-thrust

example_words_corpus: turbofan | turbojet | turboprop | turbofans | turbojets | turbopump

categorical_group_list: Motion, Speed, Power

ancestor_etymon: turbo  OED

etymology: Latin turbo 'whirlwind, vortex'

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Stein | Wikidata


morpheme_key: turbul

morpheme: turbul

morpheme_head: turbul

affix_form: -turbul-

meaning_definition: swirling | confused | disordered

example_words_list_1: turbulent, turbulence, turbid

categorical_group_list: Motion, Disorder

etymology: Latin turbare 'to disturb, stir up', from turba 'crowd, tumult'


morpheme_key: tureen

morpheme: tureen

morpheme_head: tureen

affix_form: -tureen-

meaning_definition: state | condition | result

example_words_list_1: adventure, adventure, adventure

example_words_corpus: tureens | tureenful | tureenfuls

categorical_group_list: Nominalizer, State, Condition

etymology: Latin -tura, from past participle stem of tingere 'to dip, dye'


morpheme_key: turf

morpheme: turf

morpheme_head: turf

affix_form: -turf-

meaning_definition: grass | sod | surface of land

example_words_list_1: turf, turfgrass, turfman

example_words_corpus: turfy | turfed | returf | turfen | unturf | turfer

categorical_group_list: Nature, Vegetation, Terrain

etymology: Old English 'torf' meaning peat or sod


morpheme_key: turg

morpheme: turg

morpheme_head: turg

affix_form: -turg-

meaning_definition: to expand | to bulge

example_words_list_1: turgescent, turgid, turgor

example_words_list_2: turgescent, turgid, turgor

example_words_corpus: turgs

categorical_group_list: Expansion, Physical state

etymology: Latin turgēre 'to swell, be swollen'


morpheme_key: turgid

morpheme: turgid

morpheme_head: turgid

affix_form: -turgid-

meaning_definition: swollen | distended | congested

example_words_list_1: turgid, turgidity

example_words_corpus: turgidly | turgidity | subturgid | turgidness | turgidities

categorical_group_list: Physical state, Expansion

etymology: Latin turgidus 'swollen', from turgere 'to swell'


morpheme_key: turk

morpheme: turk

morpheme_head: turk

affix_form: -turk-

meaning_definition: Turk | Turkic

example_words_list_1: Turkish, Turkic

example_words_corpus: Turkic | Turkism | Turkify | Turkery | Turkishly | Turkwoman

categorical_group_list: Ethnonym, Identity

etymology: From Old Turkic 'Türk' (strong, vigorous), attested in the Orkhon inscriptions (8th century CE); possibly of Turkic origin or borrowed from a neighboring language, though the internal etymology remains debated among linguists.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Turkic


morpheme_key: turkey

morpheme: turkey

morpheme_head: turkey

affix_form: -turkey-

meaning_definition: a large bird | a country in Eurasia

example_words_list_1: turkey

example_words_corpus: turkeys | unturkey | turkeypox | unturkeys | turkeyman | turkeyless

categorical_group_list: Fauna, Food

etymology: Old French 'dinde' or via Middle English 'turquie' (referring to Turkey)


morpheme_key: turmoil

morpheme: turmoil

morpheme_head: turmoil

affix_form: -turmoil-

meaning_definition: confusion | disorder | commotion

example_words_list_1: turmoilous, tumultuous

example_words_corpus: turmoils

categorical_group_list: Chaos, Conflict

etymology: Middle English turmoil, from Old French tourmoil


morpheme_key: turn

morpheme: turn

morpheme_head: turn

affix_form: -turn-

meaning_definition: rotate | change direction | twist

example_words_list_1: downturn | overturn | return | turn | turnabout | turnaround | turnbuckle | turncoat | turndown | turnip | turnkey | turnoff | turnout | turnover | turnpike | turnstile | turntable | upturn Variant Spellings: attorney | attorney

example_words_corpus: turns | turnt | turned | turner | upturn | inturn

related_morphemes: tour / tour, tourn / tourn

etymology: PIE *terk- "to twist, bend"

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Indo-European


morpheme_key: turner

morpheme: turner

morpheme_head: turner

affix_form: -turner-

meaning_definition: one who turns | agent of turning

example_words_list_1: turner, burner, burner

example_words_corpus: turnerite | Turnerian | Turneresque

categorical_group_list: Agent, Action

etymology: Old English -turnere (agentive suffix applied to turn)


morpheme_key: turnip

morpheme: turnip

morpheme_head: turnip

affix_form: -turnip-

meaning_definition: edible root vegetable

example_words_list_1: turnip

example_words_corpus: turnips | turnippy | turniplike | turnipless

categorical_group_list: Food, Plant

etymology: Old English 'turnep'


morpheme_key: turp

morpheme: turp

morpheme_head: turp

affix_form: -turp-

meaning_definition: low, degenerate | corrupt, wicked

example_words_list_1: turpitude

example_words_list_2: turpitude

categorical_group_list: Quality, Morality, Aesthetics

ancestor_etymon: turp

etymology: Latin turpis 'shameful, ugly, vile'


morpheme_key: turpentine

morpheme: turpentine

morpheme_head: turpentine

affix_form: -turpentine-

meaning_definition: volatile oil | solvent

example_words_list_1: turpentine, turpentine oil, gum turpentine

example_words_corpus: turpentiner | turpentined | turpentines | turpentiners

categorical_group_list: Substance, Chemical

etymology: Latin turpentinus 'of turpentine', from turpēna 'turpentine', of uncertain origin, possibly from Old French térébentine


morpheme_key: turpitude

morpheme: turpitude

morpheme_head: turpitude

affix_form: -turpitude-

meaning_definition: depravity | wickedness | baseness

example_words_list_1: turpitude, turpitudinous

example_words_corpus: turpitudes

categorical_group_list: Morality, Negativity

etymology: Latin turpitudo (state of being shameful), from turpis (shameful, ugly, base)


morpheme_key: turps

morpheme: turps

morpheme_head: turps

affix_form: -turps-

meaning_definition: dirt | filth | mud

categorical_group_list: Adjective, Quality, Dirt

etymology: Latin 'turpis' meaning 'dirty, foul, ugly'


morpheme_key: turquoise

morpheme: turquoise

morpheme_head: turquoise

affix_form: -turquoise-

meaning_definition: blue-green | cyan | greenish-blue

example_words_list_1: turquoise

example_words_corpus: turquoises | turquoisey

categorical_group_list: Color, Gemstone

etymology: Persian turquois (Turkish stone)

ancestor_etymon_language: Persian


morpheme_key: turret

morpheme: turret

morpheme_head: turret

affix_form: -turret-

meaning_definition: small tower | fortification | defensive structure

example_words_list_1: turret

example_words_corpus: turrets | turreted | turretless | turretlike | unturreted | nonturreted

categorical_group_list: Architecture, Defense

etymology: Old French 'turret' (diminutive of 'tour')


morpheme_key: turtle

morpheme: turtle

morpheme_head: turtle

affix_form: -turtle-

meaning_definition: turtle | testudines

example_words_list_1: turtle, turtleneck, turtledove

example_words_corpus: turtles | turtled | turtler | turtlers | nonturtle | turtledom

categorical_group_list: Animals, Reptiles

etymology: From Old English 'turtu' or 'tort', of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'turtle' and German 'Schildkröte' (though the specific Germanic root is obscure, the word is native to English).

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: tus

morpheme: tus

morpheme_head: tus

affix_form: -tus-

meaning_definition: hit | strike forcefully | reduce sharpness | make dull | render blunt

example_words_list_1: contusion | obtuse | retuse

example_words_list_2: contusion | obtuse | retuse

related_morphemes: tund / tund

categorical_group_list: Impact, Physicality, Reduction

etymology: Latin -tus, past participle suffix of verbs like tundere 'to beat, strike'


morpheme_key: tush

morpheme: tush

morpheme_head: tush

affix_form: -tush-

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: atypical, amoral, anonymous, asymmetrical, apolitical

example_words_corpus: tushes | tushery | tusheries

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix a- (before a vowel) or an- (before a consonant) meaning 'not' or 'without'

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: tusk

morpheme: tusk

morpheme_head: tusk

affix_form: -tusk-

meaning_definition: long | pointed | tooth-like projection

example_words_list_1: tusk, tusker, tusker-like

example_words_corpus: tusky | tusked | tusker | detusk | tusking | tuskers

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Weaponry

etymology: Old English 'tusc' (tooth, fang)


morpheme_key: tuss

morpheme: tuss

morpheme_head: tuss

affix_form: tuss-

meaning_definition: forceful exhalation from the respiratory tract

example_words_list_1: pertussis | tussive | antitussive | tussis

categorical_group_list: Bodily function, Medical

etymology: Latin tussis 'cough'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: tussle

morpheme: tussle

morpheme_head: tussle

affix_form: -tussle-

meaning_definition: to struggle | to fight | to wrestle

example_words_list_1: ['tussle']

example_words_corpus: tussles | tussled | tussler | tusslers

categorical_group_list: Conflict, Physical action

etymology: From Middle Dutch 'tusselen' meaning 'to tussle, wrestle', possibly related to 'tussen' (between).

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle Dutch


morpheme_key: tussock

morpheme: tussock

morpheme_head: tussock

affix_form: -tussock-

meaning_definition: clump | tuft | patch of grass

example_words_list_1: tussock

example_words_corpus: tussocks | tussocked | tussocker | tussockers | tussockland

categorical_group_list: Nature, Vegetation

etymology: Middle English tussock

ancestor_etymon_language: Middle English


morpheme_key: tut

morpheme: tut

morpheme_head: tut

affix_form: tut-

meaning_definition: watch, protect, guard, look after, teach

example_words_list_1: tutorial, tutor, tutelage

example_words_list_2: tutorial, tutor, tutelage

example_words_corpus: tuts | tutter | tutters

categorical_group_list: Protection, Supervision, Instruction

etymology: Latin tūtus, past participle of tueri 'to watch, protect'


morpheme_key: tutel

morpheme: tutel

morpheme_head: tutel

affix_form: -tutel-

meaning_definition: to guard | to protect | to watch over

example_words_list_1: tutelary, tutelage

categorical_group_list: Protection, Guardianship

etymology: Latin tutulus 'covering, protection' (possibly from PIE *teu- 'to swell, cover')


morpheme_key: tutor

morpheme: tutor

morpheme_head: tutor

affix_form: -tutor-

meaning_definition: to teach | to instruct | to guide

example_words_list_1: tutor, tutorial, tutelage

example_words_corpus: tutors | tutored | cotutor | tutorly | tutorer | tutoring

categorical_group_list: Instruction, Education, Guidance

etymology: Latin tueri 'to watch over, protect' (possibly from PIE *tuH- 'to protect')


morpheme_key: tuxedo

morpheme: tuxedo

morpheme_head: tuxedo

affix_form: -tuxedo-

meaning_definition: formal evening suit

example_words_list_1: ['tuxedo']

categorical_group_list: Clothing, Formalwear

etymology: From French 'tuxedo' or 'tux', a shortened form of 'Tuxedo Park', referring to the Tuxedo Park Club in New York where the garment became popular.

ancestor_etymon_language: French


morpheme_key: tw

morpheme: tw

morpheme_head: tw

affix_form: tw-

meaning_definition: the numeral denoting a pair | the cardinal number succeeding one

example_words_list_1: between, betwixt, entwine, twain, twelve, twenty, twice, twig, twilight, twill, twin, twine, twist, two, twofold, twosome

related_morphemes: di2 / di

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: PIE *dwóh₁

source: Wikipedia | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: twaddle

morpheme: twaddle

morpheme_head: twaddle

affix_form: -twaddle-

meaning_definition: nonsense | foolish talk | babble

example_words_list_1: ['twaddle']

example_words_corpus: twaddler | twaddles | twaddled | twaddlers | twaddlesome

categorical_group_list: Speech, Nonsense

etymology: Scottish dialectal variant of 'twaddle', possibly from Middle English 'twadden' (to twiddle) or related to 'twaddle' meaning to talk foolishly.

ancestor_etymon_language: Scottish


morpheme_key: twain

morpheme: twain

morpheme_head: twain

affix_form: -twain-

meaning_definition: two | double

example_words_list_1: twain

example_words_corpus: atwain | twains | Twainian | Twainesque

etymology: Old English twegen 'two'


morpheme_key: twang

morpheme: twang

morpheme_head: twang

affix_form: -twang-

meaning_definition: a sharp, resonant sound | the act of producing such a sound

example_words_list_1: twang

example_words_corpus: twangy | twangs | twanged | twangle | twanger | twanging

categorical_group_list: Sound, Auditory

etymology: From Old Norse 'þvangr' (twang, tension) or 'þvanga' (to constrain), related to the sound of a bowstring or wire snapping back.

ancestor_etymon_language: Old Norse


morpheme_key: twee

morpheme: twee

morpheme_head: twee

affix_form: -twee-

meaning_definition: two

example_words_list_1: tweedle, tweedledee, tweedle dum

example_words_corpus: tweer | tweely | tweers | tweeness

categorical_group_list: Number, Cardinal

etymology: Dutch 'twee' meaning 'two'

ancestor_etymon_language: Dutch


morpheme_key: tweed

morpheme: tweed

morpheme_head: tweed

affix_form: -tweed-

meaning_definition: a coarse woolen cloth | a fabric made from wool

example_words_list_1: tweed, tweedy

example_words_corpus: tweeds | tweedy | tweeded | tweedily | tweedlike | Tweeddale

categorical_group_list: Material, Texture

etymology: Scottish Gaelic 'tuit' or 'tweed' referring to the river/region


morpheme_key: tweet

morpheme: tweet

morpheme_head: tweet

affix_form: -tweet-

meaning_definition: to make a short, high-pitched sound | to chirp | to tweet (social media post)

example_words_list_1: tweet, tweeting, tweeted

example_words_corpus: tweets | tweety | tweeter | tweeted | retweet | tweetup

categorical_group_list: Sound, Nature

etymology: From Old English 'tītan' meaning 'to chirp, twitter', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: twelve

morpheme: twelve

morpheme_head: twelve

affix_form: -twelve-

meaning_definition: the number 12

example_words_list_1: twelve

example_words_corpus: twelves | Twelver | twelver | twelveth | twelvemo | twelvers

etymology: Proto-Germanic *twalif- (two + ten), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two) + *dḱm̥tóm (ten)

ancestor_etymon_language: Proto-Germanic


morpheme_key: twenty

morpheme: twenty

morpheme_head: twenty

affix_form: -twenty-

meaning_definition: the number 20

example_words_list_1: twenty, twenty-one, twenty-first

categorical_group_list: Numeral, Quantity

etymology: Old English twentig (two + ten)


morpheme_key: twi

morpheme: twi

morpheme_head: twi

affix_form: twi-

example_words_list_1: twibill | twilight | twins

example_words_list_2: twibill | twilight | twins

example_words_corpus: Twimom | Twifan | Twihard | twifold | twinter | Twitard

categorical_group_list: quantity

etymology: Old English twā 'two'

source: Wiktionary | Wikipedia


morpheme_key: twice

morpheme: twice

morpheme_head: twice

affix_form: -twice-

meaning_definition: two times | doubly

example_words_list_1: twice

example_words_corpus: twicer | twicet | twiced | twicers

categorical_group_list: Number, Frequency

etymology: Old English twigefald 'twofold' or 'twice'


morpheme_key: twiddle

morpheme: twiddle

morpheme_head: twiddle

affix_form: -twiddle-

meaning_definition: to twist | to spin | to move with small, quick motions

example_words_list_1: twiddle, twiddling, twiddled

categorical_group_list: Motion, Manipulation

etymology: From Old English 'twiddlian' or 'twiddlan', meaning to twist or turn, related to 'twist'.


morpheme_key: twig

morpheme: twig

morpheme_head: twig

affix_form: -twig-

meaning_definition: a small branch or shoot of a tree or shrub

example_words_list_1: twig

example_words_corpus: twigs | twiggy | twigloo | twigged | twiggen | redtwig

categorical_group_list: Nature, Botany

etymology: Old English twigge


morpheme_key: twill

morpheme: twill

morpheme_head: twill

affix_form: -twill-

meaning_definition: a type of durable fabric with a diagonal rib pattern

example_words_list_1: twill

example_words_corpus: twills | twilled | twilling | twillings

categorical_group_list: Texture, Fabric

etymology: Middle English twill, related to twill (fabric)


morpheme_key: twin

morpheme: twin

morpheme_head: twin

affix_form: twin-

sense_label: two

meaning_definition: two | double | paired

example_words_list_1: twins | entwin | cotwin | detwin | twinnie | twinjet

categorical_group_list: Number, Duality

etymology: Old English twinn (double, twofold)

source: Wiktionary | Wikidata


morpheme_key: twirl

morpheme: twirl

morpheme_head: twirl

affix_form: -twirl-

meaning_definition: spin | rotate | whirl

example_words_list_1: twirl, twirling, twirled

example_words_corpus: twirly | atwirl | twirler | twirled | untwirl | twirlers

categorical_group_list: Motion, Rotation

etymology: From Old English 'twirlian' meaning 'to turn around', of imitative origin.


morpheme_key: twist

morpheme: twist

morpheme_head: twist

affix_form: -twist-

meaning_definition: to turn | to rotate | to wind

example_words_list_1: twisted, twisting, twisty

example_words_corpus: twisty | atwist | twister | twisted | untwist | entwist

etymology: From Old English 'twīstan' meaning 'to divide, separate, or turn', related to 'twain' (two).


morpheme_key: twit

morpheme: twit

morpheme_head: twit

affix_form: -twit-

meaning_definition: silly | foolish | trivial

example_words_list_1: twit, twitting

example_words_corpus: twits | twitted | twitting | twitling | twittish | fucktwit

categorical_group_list: Behavior, Personality

etymology: Middle English twit (silly, simple)


morpheme_key: twitch

morpheme: twitch

morpheme_head: twitch

affix_form: twitch

meaning_definition: A sudden, brief, involuntary movement | a small, jerky motion | a spasm or tremor

example_words_list_1: twitchy | atwitch | twitcher | twitches | twitched | twitching

etymology: From Old English 'twiccan' meaning to move or twitch.


morpheme_key: twitter

morpheme: twitter

morpheme_head: twitter

affix_form: -twitter-

meaning_definition: chirp | twitter | warble

example_words_list_1: twittering

example_words_corpus: atwitter | twittery | twitters | twittered | twitterer | Twitterer

etymology: Middle English twitteren, of imitative origin


morpheme_key: two

morpheme: two

morpheme_head: two

affix_form: -two

example_words_list_1: twibill, twilight

example_words_list_2: twibill, twilight

example_words_corpus: twos | atwo | twoth | twoer | twoish | twoers

etymology: From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁


morpheme_key: ty

morpheme: ty

morpheme_head: ty

affix_form: ty-

sense_label: the state

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational

meaning_definition: status | attribute of the initial component | occurrence of this | status regarding | trait

example_words_list_1: purity, novelty, serenity

example_words_corpus: duty | sixty | twenty | ninety | eighty | surety

categorical_group_list: Abstract, State, Quality

ancestor_etymon: -itātem, -itās OED

etymology: From Latin -tas, -tāt- (stem of -tas) forming abstract nouns from adjectives, via Old French -té.

ancestor_etymon_language: French from Latin OED


morpheme_key: tycoon

morpheme: tycoon

morpheme_head: tycoon

affix_form: -tycoon-

meaning_definition: powerful business person | magnate

example_words_list_1: tycoon, tycoons

example_words_corpus: tycoons | tycooness | tycoonocrat | tycoonocracy

categorical_group_list: Wealth, Power, Occupation

etymology: from Cantonese 大亨 (daai6 hang1) 'big boss'

ancestor_etymon_language: Chinese


morpheme_key: tyke

morpheme: tyke

morpheme_head: tyke

affix_form: -tyke-

meaning_definition: young animal | offspring | child

example_words_list_1: tyke, tyke-like

example_words_corpus: tykes

categorical_group_list: Age, Kinship, Zoology

etymology: From Old English 'tīe' or 'tīge', meaning young animal or offspring, related to 'tīgan' (to breed).


morpheme_key: tympan

morpheme: tympan

morpheme_head: tympan

affix_form: tympan-

allomorphs: tympan(o)

sense_label: drum

meaning_definition: membrane

example_words_list_1: timbre | timpanist | tympani | tympanum | tympan | tympanic | tympanite | tympanitis | tympany Variant Spellings: timpani | timpani

example_words_corpus: tympans | tympanize | tympanized | tympanizes

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: Greek tympanon 'drum'

source: Wiktionary | Cognatarium


morpheme_key: tympano

morpheme: tympano

morpheme_head: tympano

affix_form: tympano-

meaning_definition: drum | tympanum | related to the ear

example_words_list_1: tympanogram | tympanotomy | tympanostomy | tympanometry | tympanograms | tympanometer

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Sound, Instrument

etymology: From Greek tympanon 'drum, tympanum', from tympanizein 'to beat a drum'.


morpheme_key: typ

morpheme: typ

morpheme_head: typ

affix_form: typ-

allomorphs: typo

meaning_definition: trace | example | copy | seal | image

example_words_list_1: prototype, typography, archetype, stereotype, polytopic

categorical_group_list: Form, Pattern, Impression

etymology: τύπτειν (túptein) | τύπος (túpos) | τυπικός (tupikós) | τύμπανον (túmpanon) | τυπικός(tupikós) | τύμπανον(túmpanon) | Greek typos : figure | archetype | model | impression


morpheme_key: typh

morpheme: typh

morpheme_head: typh

affix_form: typh-

allomorphs: typhus

meaning_definition: smoke

example_words_list_1: typhoid | typhous | typhus

example_words_list_2: typhoid | typhous | typhus

categorical_group_list: Nature, Sensation, Disease

etymology: τύφειν (túphein) | τῦφος (tûphos) | τυφώδης


morpheme_key: typhl

morpheme: typhl

morpheme_head: typhl

affix_form: typhl-

meaning_definition: blind | dark | hidden

example_words_list_1: typhlitis | typhlograph | typhlographs | perityphlitis

categorical_group_list: Sensory, Negation

etymology: Greek typhlos 'blind'


morpheme_key: typhoid

morpheme: typhoid

morpheme_head: typhoid

affix_form: -typhoid-

meaning_definition: pertaining to typhoid fever | caused by Salmonella Typhi

example_words_list_1: typhoid, typhoidal, typhoidemia, typhoiditis

example_words_corpus: typhoids | typhoidin | typhoidal | typhoidins | nontyphoid | paratyphoid

categorical_group_list: Disease, Medical

etymology: Greek typhos "fever, smoke, stupor"


morpheme_key: typhoon

morpheme: typhoon

morpheme_head: typhoon

affix_form: -typhoon-

meaning_definition: tropical storm | cyclone

example_words_list_1: typhoon

example_words_corpus: typhoons | typhoonlike | supertyphoon | supertyphoons

categorical_group_list: Natural phenomena, Weather

etymology: Greek typhōn 'whirlwind, storm'


morpheme_key: typic

morpheme: typic

morpheme_head: typic

affix_form: -typic

meaning_definition: characteristic of | following a pattern | typical

example_words_list_1: atypic | isotypic | polytypic | monotypic | antitypic | intertypic

categorical_group_list: Qualitative, Pattern-based

etymology: Greek -typos 'impression, model, pattern'


morpheme_key: typo

morpheme: typo

morpheme_head: typo

affix_form: -typo-

sense_label: error

meaning_definition: error | mistake | misspelling

example_words_list_1: typo, typos, typoed, typoing

example_words_corpus: typos | typoese | typonese | typosquatting

categorical_group_list: Error, Writing, Technology

etymology: Shortened form of 'typographical error', first attested in the early 20th century.

ancestor_etymon_language: English


morpheme_key: tyran

morpheme: tyran

morpheme_head: tyran

affix_form: -tyran-

meaning_definition: tyrant | oppressive | cruel

example_words_list_1: tyrant, tyranny, tyrannous

categorical_group_list: Power, Oppression, Governance

etymology: Greek tyrannos "absolute ruler, master"


morpheme_key: tyrann

morpheme: tyrann

morpheme_head: tyrann

affix_form: tyrann-

allomorphs: tyranno

meaning_definition: horrific | despot | oppression

example_words_list_1: tyrannize | tyrannosaurus | tyranny | tyrant | sic semper tyrannis | tyrannical | tyrannicide | Tyrannidae | tyrannosaur | tyranny Variant Spellings: tyrant

etymology: Greek tyrannos "absolute ruler"


morpheme_key: tyro

morpheme: tyro

morpheme_head: tyro

affix_form: tyro-

allomorphs: tyros

meaning_definition: processed milk product

example_words_list_1: tyrocidine | tyrosinase | tyrosine | tyrothricin Variant Spellings: tyramine

example_words_list_2: tyrocidine, tyrosinase, tyrosine, tyrothricin Variant Spellings: tyramine

example_words_corpus: tyronism

categorical_group_list: Food, Biology

etymology: Greek τυρός (tyros) 'cheese'


morpheme_key: tyrosine

morpheme: tyrosine

morpheme_head: tyrosine

affix_form: -tyrosine-

meaning_definition: an amino acid

example_words_list_1: tyrosine, tyrosinemia, tyrosinase, tyrosol

example_words_corpus: tyrosines | pretyrosine | polytyrosine | homotyrosine | nitrotyrosine | sulfotyrosine

categorical_group_list: Biochemistry, Amino acid

etymology: from 'tyros' (cheese) + '-ine' (suffix)


morpheme_key: u

morpheme: u

morpheme_head: u

affix_form: u-

meaning_definition: apply garments to the body | clothe oneself | garments

example_words_list_1: exuviate, exuvium, indue

example_words_list_2: exuviate, exuvium, indue

example_words_corpus: umohoite | umohoites

categorical_group_list: Action, Clothing

etymology: Latin 'induere' (to put on, clothe), from 'in-' (on) + 'induere' (to put on)


morpheme_key: ual

morpheme: ual

morpheme_head: ual

affix_form: -ual

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective | noun

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective | noun

meaning_definition: relating to|of the kind of|having the nature of

example_words_list_1: causal | evidential | alphabetical | continual | confessional | tutorial | periodical | individual | factual | intellectual | residual | casual | sexual

example_words_corpus: habitual | eventual | accentual | relictual | aspectual | habituals

categorical_group_list: Relational, Adjectival

ancestor_etymon: -ālis  OED

etymology: < Latin -ālis | adjectival suffix | 'of the kind of | relating to'. suffix1 | definition 1 OED | nouns converted from adjectives | or with a clearly implied adjective use | suffix1

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED


morpheme_key: uber

morpheme: uber

morpheme_head: uber

affix_form: uber-

allomorphs: über

meaning_definition: fruitful | udder

example_words_list_1: exuberance | exuberant | exuberate | uberous | uberty

example_words_corpus: uberly | uberfic | uberfan | ubergeek | uberdork | uberfans

categorical_group_list: Abundance, Fertility

etymology: ūber | uberare


morpheme_key: ubi

morpheme: ubi

morpheme_head: ubi

affix_form: -ubi-

meaning_definition: location | indeterminate

example_words_list_1: ubiquitous, ubiquity

example_words_list_2: ubiquitous, ubiquity

categorical_group_list: Location

ancestor_etymon: ubi

etymology: Latin ubi 'where'


morpheme_key: ubiqu

morpheme: ubiqu

morpheme_head: ubiqu

affix_form: -ubiqu-

meaning_definition: everywhere | all | widespread

categorical_group_list: Presence, Space, Quantity

etymology: Latin ubique 'everywhere', from ubi 'where'


morpheme_key: ued

morpheme: ued

morpheme_head: ued

affix_form: -ued

derivational_or_inflectional: inflectional

meaning_definition: past tense

example_words_list_1: continued, fatigued, devalued

example_words_list_2: continued, fatigued, devalued

categorical_group_list: Tense, Aspect

etymology: Old English -ed suffix used to form the past tense


morpheme_key: ugly

morpheme: ugly

morpheme_head: ugly

affix_form: -ugly-

meaning_definition: unpleasant | aesthetically displeasing | repulsive

example_words_list_1: ugliness, uglify, un-ugly

categorical_group_list: Aesthetics, Quality

etymology: Old English 'unlic' (un- 'not' + lic 'body/form')


morpheme_key: uitous

morpheme: uitous

morpheme_head: uitous

affix_form: -uitous

meaning_definition: full of | characterized by

example_words_list_1: ambitious, circuitous, fortuitous

categorical_group_list: Attribute, Quality

etymology: Latin -itus, past participle suffix of verbs like ambire, circuire, fortui


morpheme_key: uity

morpheme: uity

morpheme_head: uity

affix_form: -uity

meaning_definition: state | quality | condition

example_words_list_1: continuity, ambiguity, gratuity

categorical_group_list: Abstract, State of being

etymology: From Latin -uitas, -itatis, forming abstract nouns from adjectives ending in -itus (past participle stem), derived from the suffix -itas.


morpheme_key: ul

morpheme: ul

morpheme_head: ul

affix_form: ul-

sense_label: woolly

meaning_definition: woolly

example_words_list_1: Ulotrichi

example_words_list_2: Ulotrichi

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: οὖλος (oûlos)


morpheme_key: ula

morpheme: ula

morpheme_head: ula

affix_form: -ula

meaning_definition: form noun | diminutive | small

example_words_list_1: acicula | alula | apicula | auricula | benzene_formula | blastula | brotula | calendula | campanula | cannula | copula | cuticula | nebula | formula | facula | Nodule

example_words_corpus: Vespula | ancestrula | Dolichovespula

categorical_group_list: Diminutive, Size

etymology: Latin feminine suffix -ula, diminutive of -a


morpheme_key: ulcer

morpheme: ulcer

morpheme_head: ulcer

affix_form: -ulcer-

meaning_definition: sore | wound | erosion

example_words_list_1: ulcerated, ulceration, ulcerative

example_words_corpus: ulcers | ulcered | ulcerous | ulcerate | ulcering | ulcerates

categorical_group_list: Medical, Injury

etymology: From Latin 'ulcus' meaning 'sore' or 'wound'.


morpheme_key: ule

morpheme: ule

morpheme_head: ule

affix_form: -ule

allomorphs: -ule

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun | verb

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: noun | 0

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun | verb

meaning_definition: miniature representation of the initial component | extremely tiny | suffix indicating smallness | reduced form of the preceding element

example_words_list_1: granule | molecule | ovule | ridicule | animalcule | bimolecular | intermolecular | macromolecular | bascule | bimodule | board_rule | bulbule | cagoule | campylotropous_ovule | canicule | capsule | ferrule | graticule

example_words_corpus: zonule | cupule | zoonule | cupules | sporule | germule

categorical_group_list: Attribute mitigator

ancestor_etymon: -ulus, -ula, -ulum OED

etymology: From Latin -ulus, -iculus, -culus, diminutive suffixes derived from -us, -icus, -culus

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin  OED | Latin


morpheme_key: uligin

morpheme: uligin

morpheme_head: uligin

affix_form: uligin-

meaning_definition: in marshes

example_words_list_1: uliginous

example_words_list_2: uliginous

categorical_group_list: Location, Environment

etymology: uligo | uliginis


morpheme_key: ulna

morpheme: ulna

morpheme_head: ulna

affix_form: -ulna-

meaning_definition: ulna

example_words_list_1: ulna

example_words_corpus: ulnar | ulnas | ulnad | postulnar | ulnarmost | radioulna

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin ulna 'forearm, elbow'


morpheme_key: ult

morpheme: ult

morpheme_head: ult

affix_form: ult-

sense_label: Beyond

meaning_definition: Exceeding a threshold | Extending past limits

example_words_list_1: ultraviolet, ultramodern, ultrasonic, ultracentrifuge

example_words_corpus: ults

related_morphemes: outr / outr / : comparative form: ulterior / ulterior / : superlative form: ultim / ultim

categorical_group_list: spatial, positional

etymology: Latin 'ultra' meaning 'beyond' or 'on the other side'


morpheme_key: ulterior

morpheme: ulterior

morpheme_head: ulterior

affix_form: -ulterior-

meaning_definition: transcending | additional | concealed

example_words_list_1: ulterior

example_words_list_2: ulterior

related_morphemes: comparative of ultra / ultra

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Degree

etymology: From Latin 'ulterior', comparative of 'ultra' meaning 'beyond'


morpheme_key: ultim

morpheme: ultim

morpheme_head: ultim

affix_form: ultim-

allomorphs: ultima | ultimo

meaning_definition: ultimate | concluding | extreme

example_words_list_1: ultimate | ultimatum | penultimate | ultima | ultima Thule | ultimo

related_morphemes: compare proxim / proxim / : superlative of ultra / ultra

categorical_group_list: Number sequencer

ancestor_etymon: ultim

etymology: Latin ultimus 'farthest, last', superlative of ulmus 'far off'

source: Cognatarium | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Wikidata


morpheme_key: ultra

morpheme: ultra

morpheme_head: ultra

affix_form: ultra-

sense_label: beyond

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational prefix affix morpheme

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun

meaning_definition: transcending | extremely distant | intense | to the utmost degree | surpassing | overabundant

example_words_list_1: ultraviolet, ultrasonic, ultramodern, ultrahigh, ultrafast

example_words_corpus: ultras | ultraist | ultraism | ultrahot | ultralow | ultradry

categorical_group_list: Attribute intensifier | preposition-like

ancestor_etymon: ultra | ultrā  OED

etymology: Latin ultra 'beyond, on the other side of'

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin | Latin  OED

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Stein


morpheme_key: ululate

morpheme: ululate

morpheme_head: ululate

affix_form: -ululate-

meaning_definition: to howl | to wail | to make a rhythmic trilling sound

example_words_list_1: ululate

categorical_group_list: Sound, Vocalization

etymology: Latin ululāre 'to howl, wail', of imitative origin


morpheme_key: ulum

morpheme: ulum

morpheme_head: ulum

affix_form: -ulum

meaning_definition: place of | condition of | state of

example_words_list_1: forum, forum, forum

categorical_group_list: Nominalizer, Abstract Noun, Location

etymology: Latin suffix -ulum forming abstract nouns or places from verbs or nouns


morpheme_key: ulus

morpheme: ulus

morpheme_head: ulus

affix_form: -ulus

meaning_definition: minor | inclining toward

example_words_list_1: vassal, capsule, annulus

ancestor_etymon: ous

etymology: Latin -ulus, variant of -culus (diminutive suffix from -culus < -culus < -culus), derived from the diminutive suffix -culus with assimilation or phonetic variation.


morpheme_key: um

morpheme: um

morpheme_head: um

affix_form: um-

allomorphs: umbe

sense_label: not

meaning_definition: not | without | lacking

example_words_list_1: ums | smokum | talcum | umbego | umgang | umcast

categorical_group_list: Negation, Privative, Greek origin

etymology: Greek prefix 'a-' (before vowel) or 'an-' (before consonant) meaning 'not, without', from PIE *n- 'not'


morpheme_head: -um

affix_form: -um

sense_label: nounify

meaning_definition: convert into a noun | the process of

example_words_list_1: curriculum | forum | maximum | practicum | colloquium | colloquy | refuge

example_words_corpus: ums | smokum | talcum | umbego | umgang | umcast

categorical_group_list: Nominalization, Abstract concept

ancestor_etymon: um

etymology: Latin neuter singular ending of the second declension, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-om


morpheme_key: uma

morpheme: uma

morpheme_head: uma

affix_form: -uma-

meaning_definition: one | single | unit

example_words_list_1: unity, uniform, unicorn, unilateral

categorical_group_list: Numerals, Quantity, Core concept

etymology: Latin 'unus' meaning 'one'


morpheme_key: umb

morpheme: umb

morpheme_head: umb

affix_form: umb-

meaning_definition: shadow | shade

example_words_list_1: umbrous, umbrage, umbrageous

example_words_corpus: ember

categorical_group_list: Nature, Darkness

etymology: Latin umbra 'shadow, shade'


morpheme_key: umber

morpheme: umber

morpheme_head: umber

affix_form: -umber-

sense_label: dark brown

meaning_definition: dark brown | dark gray | dusky

example_words_list_1: umber, umbrous, umbra

example_words_corpus: umbers | umbery

categorical_group_list: Color, Darkness, Shadow

etymology: Latin umbrāre 'to shade, darken', from umbra 'shadow'


morpheme_key: umbilic

morpheme: umbilic

morpheme_head: umbilic

affix_form: umbilic-

sense_label: navel

meaning_definition: navel

example_words_list_1: umbilical, umbilicate, umbilication

example_words_list_2: umbilical, umbilicate, umbilication

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: umbilicus

source: Wikipedia


morpheme_key: umbilical

morpheme: umbilical

morpheme_head: umbilical

affix_form: -umbilical-

meaning_definition: of or relating to the navel | navel

example_words_list_1: umbilical

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Connection

etymology: Latin umbilicalis, from umbilicus 'navel'


morpheme_key: umbra

morpheme: umbra

morpheme_head: umbra

affix_form: umbra-

allomorphs: umbr

meaning_definition: shade | shadow

example_words_list_1: umbrella, umbrage, umbral, umbra, penumbra, antumbra

example_words_corpus: umbraphile | umbraphiles | Disumbrationism

categorical_group_list: Darkness, Light

etymology: umbra


morpheme_key: umbrage

morpheme: umbrage

morpheme_head: umbrage

affix_form: -umbrage-

meaning_definition: offense | resentment | displeasure

example_words_list_1: take umbrage, take umbrage at

example_words_corpus: umbrages | umbrageous | umbrageously | umbrageousness

categorical_group_list: Emotion, Perception

etymology: Latin 'invidia' (envy) + '-umbrage' (shadow/cause for complaint)


morpheme_key: umbrate

morpheme: umbrate

morpheme_head: umbrate

affix_form: -umbrate-

meaning_definition: shadow | shade | darkness

example_words_list_1: umbrage, umbrageous, penumbra

example_words_corpus: umbrates

categorical_group_list: Light, Darkness, Nature

etymology: Latin umbra 'shadow'


morpheme_key: umbrella

morpheme: umbrella

morpheme_head: umbrella

affix_form: -umbrella-

meaning_definition: covering | protection | shade

example_words_list_1: umbrella, umbrageous, umbrilla

example_words_corpus: umbrellas | jumbrella | umbrellaed | exumbrella | subumbrella | exumbrellar

categorical_group_list: Protection, Shelter, Cover

etymology: From Latin 'umbra' meaning 'shade' or 'shadow'


morpheme_key: umlaut

morpheme: umlaut

morpheme_head: umlaut

affix_form: -umlaut-

meaning_definition: vowel shift | mutation

example_words_list_1: schön, tönen, grün

example_words_corpus: umlauts | umlautless

categorical_group_list: Phonology, Sound change

etymology: From Middle High German umbe 'around' + Laut 'sound, letter'

ancestor_etymon_language: Germanic


morpheme_key: ummy

morpheme: ummy

morpheme_head: ummy

affix_form: -ummy

meaning_definition: characterized by | tending to | prone to

example_words_list_1: yummy, gummy, yummy-yummy

categorical_group_list: Qualitative, Sensory

etymology: Onomatopoeic/Phonetic reduplication of 'yum'


morpheme_key: umpire

morpheme: umpire

morpheme_head: umpire

affix_form: -umpire-

meaning_definition: official | referee | judge

example_words_list_1: umpiring, umpires

example_words_corpus: umpires | umpireship | umpireships

categorical_group_list: Authority, Person, Law

etymology: Middle English 'umpire', from 'umpire' (originally 'umpir'), likely from 'umpire' (to umpire/to arbitrate)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old French


morpheme_key: un

morpheme: un

morpheme_head: un

affix_form: un

allomorphs: canceled

sense_label: Without

parts_of_speech_this_morpheme_can_join_onto: adjective | noun | verb

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: not suffix | adjective | verb

meaning_definition: absence of | missing | denied | negated | annulled | inverted | negation | absence | undo | remove | opposing | contrary to | invert | strip of | free from | invert | deny | free | negation

example_words_list_1: 12850 e) | unacceptable | unreal | unhappy | unplug | unmask | undamaged | unqualified | unsure | undo | unsettle | unwrap | unnecessary | unequal | undesirable | untie | unexpected | unlock | unstable | unwilling

example_words_corpus: uns | undo | unto | until | uncap | unlay

categorical_group_list: Inverter | Negator | preposition-like

ancestor_etymon: un | un-  OED

etymology: representing Old English un- | ... Expressing negation | prefix1 OED | ... Expressing  expressing reversal or deprivation | prefix2 OED

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English OED

source: Wiktionary | MorphoQuantics | Wikipedia | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: uni

morpheme: un(i)

morpheme_head: un(i)

affix_form: un-

sense_label: one

derivational_or_inflectional: derivational suffix affix bound morpheme | derivational prefix affix morpheme

meaning_definition: a single entity | sole | possessing a single instance | single | gather | concentrate | unite

example_words_list_1: unilateral, uniform, unison, unify, unit, unite

example_words_corpus: unisex | Unihan | unipod | uninym | uniski | unibrow

categorical_group_list: Number 1 | Number format | Capability

ancestor_etymon: ūni-  OED | uni

etymology: Latin prefix 'un-' derived from 'unus' meaning 'one', later evolving to indicate negation or reversal via Old French 'un-'

word_list_frequency: Wiktionary

source: Wiktionary | Wikipedia | MorphoQuantics | http://www.palosverdes.com/jesse/pvphs/www—freecollege—com—vocab.htm | Cognatarium | Stein


morpheme_key: una

morpheme: una

morpheme_head: una

affix_form: una-

meaning_definition: one, single

example_words_list_1: adunation, biunique, coadunate, coadunation, disunite, disunity, malunion, nonuniform, nonuniformity, nonunion, nonunique, nonunity, onion, reunification, reunion, reunite, triune, unanimous, unary, unate, unicorn, unicycle, unific, unification, uniform, uniformity, unify, unilateral, union, unique, unite, unity, universal, universe, university

categorical_group_list: Number, Unity

etymology: ūnus, unius

ancestor_etymon_language: Latin


morpheme_key: unanim

morpheme: unanim

morpheme_head: unanim

affix_form: -unanim-

meaning_definition: one | single | same

example_words_list_1: unanimous, unanimity

etymology: Latin unus 'one'


morpheme_key: unc

morpheme: unc

morpheme_head: unc

affix_form: unc-

allomorphs: unci

meaning_definition: claw | bent

example_words_list_1: adunc | aduncity | aduncous | unciform | Uncinaria | uncinate | Uncinia | uncinariasis | uncus unrelated: uncial

example_words_corpus: uncs

categorical_group_list: Shape, Anatomy

etymology: uncus


morpheme_key: uncle

morpheme: uncle

morpheme_head: uncle

affix_form: -uncle-

meaning_definition: form noun, diminutive

example_words_list_1: carbuncle, caruncle, peduncle

example_words_list_2: carbuncle, caruncle, peduncle

example_words_corpus: uncles | guncle | uncley | auncle | unclely | uncleji

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Diminutive

etymology: Latin -unculus, diminutive suffix of -culus


morpheme_key: unct

morpheme: unct

morpheme_head: unct

affix_form: -unct-

meaning_definition: apply a greasy substance | soothe with ointment

example_words_list_1: inunction | unction | unctuous Variant Spellings: unguent | unguent

example_words_corpus: uncts

related_morphemes: oint / oint

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form

etymology: From Latin 'unctus', past participle of 'unguere' meaning 'to anoint'.


morpheme_key: unction

morpheme: unction

morpheme_head: unction

affix_form: -unction-

meaning_definition: act of anointing | application of ointment | soothing | persuasive influence

example_words_list_1: unction, unctuous, unctuousness

example_words_corpus: unctions

categorical_group_list: Action, Physical application, Influence

etymology: Latin unct- 'anointed', past participle stem of ungere 'to anoint'


morpheme_key: unctuous

morpheme: unctuous

morpheme_head: unctuous

affix_form: -unctuous-

meaning_definition: smooth | oily | slippery

example_words_list_1: unctuous, unctuously, unctuousness

example_words_corpus: unctuously | ununctuous | unctuousness

categorical_group_list: Texture, Physical property

etymology: Latin unctus, past participle of ungere 'to smear, anoint'


morpheme_key: und

morpheme: und

morpheme_head: und

affix_form: und-

sense_label: wave

meaning_definition: swell | swells | to surge in swells

example_words_list_1: abound | abundance | abundant | inundant | inundate | inundation | redound | redundancy | redundant | superabound | superabundance | superabundant | surround | undine | undulant | undulate | undulation | undulatory | undulatus | undulose

example_words_corpus: unds

related_morphemes: ound / ound | und / und

categorical_group_list: Motion, Water, Nature

etymology: Latin unda 'wave'


morpheme_key: undeca

morpheme: undeca

morpheme_head: undeca

affix_form: undeca-

meaning_definition: eleven

example_words_list_1: undecagon | undecagons | undecaoxide | undecagonal | undecaoxides | undecaborate

categorical_group_list: Number, Quantity

etymology: Greek hendeka "eleven"

ancestor_etymon_language: Greek


morpheme_key: undecim

morpheme: undecim

morpheme_head: undecim

affix_form: undecim-

meaning_definition: eleventh

example_words_list_1: undecimal

categorical_group_list: Number, Ordinal

etymology: undecimus


morpheme_key: unden

morpheme: unden

morpheme_head: unden

affix_form: unden-

meaning_definition: eleven each

example_words_list_1: undenary

etymology: ūndēni


morpheme_key: under

morpheme: under

morpheme_head: under

affix_form: -under-

sense_label: below

meaning_definition: below | beneath | at a lower level

example_words_list_1: underground, underwater, underline

example_words_corpus: dunder | undergo | underdo | underly | dunders | underlie

categorical_group_list: Spatial, Position

etymology: Old English 'under' (among, between, below)


morpheme_key: undulate

morpheme: undulate

morpheme_head: undulate

affix_form: -undulate-

meaning_definition: wave | move in waves | wavy

example_words_list_1: undulation, undulant, undulatory

example_words_corpus: undulates | undulated | circumundulate

categorical_group_list: Motion, Physical state

etymology: Latin undulatus, past participle of undulare 'to ripple', from unda 'wave'


morpheme_key: ungu

morpheme: ungu

morpheme_head: ungu

affix_form: ungu-

allomorphs: ungui

meaning_definition: talon | horned foot structure | digit tip covering

example_words_list_1: ungual | unguiferous | unguiform | ungular | ungulate | unguligrade | notoungulate | unguiculate | unguis | ungula | ungulate unrelated: unct / unguent.

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Latin unguis "nail, claw"


morpheme: uni

morpheme_head: uni

affix_form: uni-

sense_label: True

meaning_definition: True

example_words_list_1: unicycle, uniform, universe, unilateral

etymology: Latin 'unus' meaning 'one'


morpheme_key: unique

morpheme: unique

morpheme_head: unique

affix_form: -unique-

meaning_definition: one | single | solitary

example_words_list_1: unilateral, unison, unify

example_words_corpus: uniques | uniquely | ununique | biunique | nonunique | uniqueness

categorical_group_list: Number, Singularity


morpheme_key: unison

morpheme: unison

morpheme_head: unison

affix_form: -unison-

meaning_definition: one | single | together

example_words_list_1: unisonous, unisonance, unisonally

example_words_corpus: unisons | unisonal | unisonous | unisonally

categorical_group_list: Unity, Number, Sound

etymology: Latin unus 'one' + suffix -son (variant of -unus or related to consonare 'to sound together')


morpheme_key: uno

morpheme: uno

morpheme_head: uno

affix_form: -uno-

meaning_definition: one | single | alone

example_words_list_1: unilateral, unicorn, unilateralism


morpheme_key: uous

morpheme: uous

morpheme_head: uous

affix_form: -uous

meaning_definition: characterized by | comprising the essence of the initial component | pertaining to

example_words_list_1: continuous, virtuous, ambiguous, tenuous

example_words_corpus: montuous | lustuous | tempestuous | tormentuous | contemptuous | tempestuously

categorical_group_list: Adjectival, Quality, State

ancestor_etymon: -ōsus | -ōsa | -ōsum OED | ous

etymology: From Latin -ōsus, from -ōs + -us, denoting possession or quality.


morpheme_key: up

morpheme: up

morpheme_head: up

affix_form: up-

meaning_definition: above | elevated | more significant | superior | completed

example_words_list_1: upgrade | uplift | upright

example_words_list_2: upgrade | uplift | upright

example_words_corpus: sup | dup | ups | upon | updo | dups

categorical_group_list: Direction, Degree, Intensity

etymology: Old English 'upp' meaning 'upwards, on high'

source: Cognatarium | Wiktionary | Wikipedia


morpheme_key: uple

morpheme: uple

morpheme_head: uple

affix_form: -uple

meaning_definition: one | single | unique

example_words_list_1: dupe, triple, quadruple, quintuple, septuple

categorical_group_list: Numerical, Diminutive, Quantity

etymology: Latin -culus, diminutive suffix derived from unus 'one'


morpheme_key: ur

morpheme: ur

morpheme_head: ur

affix_form: ur-

sense_label: tail

meaning_definition: the posterior end

example_words_list_1: anthurium | Anura | brachyurous | colure | cynosure | Diplura | Protura | uroborus | urochord | uroid | uropod | anuran | anurous | coenurus | macruran | uropygium | xiphosuran

example_words_corpus: urfly | urtext | urform | urword | urtexts | urforms

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Body part

etymology: Greek οὐρά (ourá) 'tail'


allomorphs: ur(o)

sense_label: urine

meaning_definition: urine | urination

example_words_list_1: urea, ureter, urethra, urinal, urinalysis, urology

example_words_list_2: antidiuretic, cystinuria, diuresis, diuretic, dysuria, enuresis, homocystinuria, lithuresis, polyurea, polyuria, strangury, uraemia/uremia, urea, uremic, uresiesthesia, uresis, ureter, ureteroscopy, urethra, urology

categorical_group_list: Biological process, Excretion

etymology: οὐρεῖν (oureîn), οὖρον, οὔρου (oûron, oúrou), οὔρησις (oúrēsis), οὐρητήρ(ourētḗr), οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra)


morpheme_key: ural

morpheme: ural

morpheme_head: ural

affix_form: -ural

meaning_definition: pertaining to, act of, descriptor or characteristic

example_words_list_1: natural, guttural

example_words_list_2: natural, guttural

categorical_group_list: Attribute adder

ancestor_etymon: al

etymology: Latin -uralis, from ura 'form, shape' (from Greek oura 'tail, form') + -alis


morpheme_key: uran

morpheme: uran

morpheme_head: uran

affix_form: uran-

sense_label: uranus

meaning_definition: Uranus | firmament | celestial realm

example_words_list_1: uranium, uranography, uranology, uranometer

example_words_corpus: uranic | uranite | uranous | uranate | uranates | uranites

categorical_group_list: Astronomical

etymology: From Greek Ouranos (Οὐρανός), the personification of the sky.


morpheme_key: uranium

morpheme: uranium

morpheme_head: uranium

affix_form: -uranium-

meaning_definition: uranium (chemical element)

example_words_list_1: uranium, uranium-235, uranium-238, depleted uranium, uranium hexafluoride

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Elements

etymology: Modern Latin uranium, coined by Martin Klaproth in 1789 from Greek Ouranos (Ouranos) meaning 'sky, heaven', in reference to the planet Uranus which had been discovered eight years earlier.


morpheme_key: urano

morpheme: urano

morpheme_head: urano

affix_form: urano-

meaning_definition: heaven, sky

example_words_list_1: uranium, uranography, uranology

example_words_corpus: uranology | uranometry | uranoscopy | uranologies | uranometric | uranophobia

categorical_group_list: Nature, Space, Celestial

etymology: οὐρανός, οὐρανοῦ (ouranós, ouranoû), οὐρανόθεν (ouranóthen)


morpheme_key: uranyl

morpheme: uranyl

morpheme_head: uranyl

affix_form: -uranyl-

meaning_definition: pertaining to uranium

example_words_list_1: uranyl

etymology: from uranium + -yl (chemical suffix)


morpheme_key: urb

morpheme: urb

morpheme_head: urb

affix_form: -urb-

sense_label: city

meaning_definition: city

example_words_list_1: urban, suburb, metropolitan, urbane, periphery

example_words_corpus: urbs

categorical_group_list: Location, Civilization

etymology: urbs, urbis


morpheme_key: urbane

morpheme: urbane

morpheme_head: urbane

affix_form: urbane

meaning_definition: Polite and refined in manner | exhibiting urban sophistication | marked by suave elegance

example_words_list_1: urbanely | unurbane

example_words_corpus: urbanely | unurbane

etymology: Derived from French 'urbain', meaning relating to a city.

etymological_family: French

register: literary


morpheme_key: urchin

morpheme: urchin

morpheme_head: urchin

affix_form: -urchin-

meaning_definition: sea creature | spiny animal

example_words_list_1: sea urchin, urchin

example_words_corpus: urchins | urchinlike

categorical_group_list: Nature, Animal

etymology: Old English 'urcein', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'urkijn' and German 'Igel' (hedgehog)

ancestor_etymon_language: Old English


morpheme_key: ure

morpheme: ure

morpheme_head: ure

affix_form: -ure

allomorphs: -ure | ture

meaning_definition: condition | role or position | outcome of an action or process indicated by the initial element | condition of | action | procedure | hierarchy | condition or action

example_words_list_1: closure | lecture | temperature | culture | literature | rupture | rapture | censure | tenure

example_words_corpus: ures | inure | enure | inured | inures | enures

categorical_group_list: Nominalization, Result, State, Process

ancestor_etymon: -ūra  OED | er

etymology: From Latin -ura, from the past participle stem of verbs ending in -ere (e.g., claudere -> clausura), denoting the result or action of the verb.


morpheme_key: urea

morpheme: urea

morpheme_head: urea

affix_form: -urea-

meaning_definition: urea | urine

example_words_list_1: urea, uremia, urease

example_words_corpus: ureas | ureal | urease | isourea | ureases | nonurea

categorical_group_list: Biology, Chemistry

etymology: From Greek ouron 'urine'


morpheme_key: ureido

morpheme: ureido

morpheme_head: ureido

affix_form: ureido-

meaning_definition: containing a ureido group

example_words_list_1: ureidocarbonyl, ureidobutyrate

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Organic compounds

etymology: from urea + -ido (pertaining to)


morpheme_key: uremia

morpheme: uremia

morpheme_head: uremia

affix_form: -uremia-

meaning_definition: urea | nitrogenous waste

example_words_list_1: uremia, azotemia, hyperuricemia

categorical_group_list: Medical, Biology

etymology: From Greek ouron 'urine' + -emia 'blood condition'


morpheme_key: uretero

morpheme: ureter(o)

morpheme_head: ureter

affix_form: ureter-

allomorphs: ureter(o) | uretero

sense_label: ureter

meaning_definition: ureter

example_words_list_1: ureter, ureteric

example_words_corpus: ureterocele | ureterogram | ureterolith | ureteroceles | ureterorenal | ureterostomy

categorical_group_list: Body Parts and Substances

etymology: Greek ourēter 'ureter, duct for urine', from ouron 'urine' + -ter (agent noun suffix)


morpheme_key: urethro

morpheme: urethr(o)

morpheme_head: urethro

affix_form: urethr-

allomorphs: urethr(a)

sense_label: urethra

meaning_definition: urethra

example_words_list_1: urethritis, urethral, urethroscopy

example_words_corpus: urethrocele | urethropexy | urethrotomy | urethrotome | urethrogram | urethroscope

etymology: Greek ourēthra 'urethra'


morpheme_key: urethra

morpheme: urethra

morpheme_head: urethra

affix_form: -urethra-

meaning_definition: ureter | tube | duct

example_words_list_1: urethral, urethra

categorical_group_list: Anatomy, Biology

etymology: Greek ourēthra, from ourē 'urine'


morpheme_key: urg

morpheme: urg

morpheme_head: urg

affix_form: urg-

sense_label: work

meaning_definition: labor | generate | prompt

example_words_list_1: urgency | urgent | metallurgy | zymurgy | chemurgy | demiurge | liturgy | surgery | thaumaturgy | theurgy | urge

categorical_group_list: Action, Labor, Process

etymology: Greek -urgy (from -ourgos), from -ourgos 'worker' (from -ergos 'work')


morpheme_key: urgy

morpheme: urgy

morpheme_head: urgy

affix_form: -urgy

sense_label: work, producing

meaning_definition: work, producing

example_words_list_1: urgency | urgent | metallurgy | zymurgy

example_words_list_2: urgency, urgent, metallurgy, zymurgy

example_words_corpus: zymurgy | halurgy | panurgy | chemurgy | micrurgy | siderurgy

categorical_group_list: Process, Action, Production

ancestor_etymon: y

etymology: urgere


morpheme_key: uria

morpheme: uria

morpheme_head: uria

affix_form: -uria

meaning_definition: condition of | state of | secretion of

example_words_list_1: anuria | pyuria | dysuria | anurias | lipuria | pyurias

categorical_group_list: Medical, Physiological state

ancestor_etymon: ia

etymology: From Greek ouron (urine) + -ia (condition/state)


morpheme_key: uric

morpheme: uric

morpheme_head: uric

affix_form: -uric

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to urine | relating to uric acid

example_words_list_1: aciduric | anuric | sulphuric

example_words_list_2: aciduric, anuric, sulphuric

example_words_corpus: uricase | pyrouric | uricases | calciuric | glycoluric | uricotelic

categorical_group_list: Biology, Physiology

etymology: Greek ouron 'urine'


morpheme_key: urino

morpheme: urin(o)

morpheme_head: urin

affix_form: urin-

allomorphs: urin(o)

meaning_definition: urine | pee

example_words_list_1: urinogenital | urinoculture

example_words_corpus: urinogenital | urinoculture

etymology: Latin urin(o) from urina 'urine'

source: Wikipedia | Wiktionary


morpheme_key: urine

morpheme: urine

morpheme_head: urine

affix_form: urine

meaning_definition: Body fluid excreted by the kidneys | waste product containing water and urea | liquid expelled during urination

example_words_list_1: urines | urined | nonurine | urinelike | urineless

etymology: From Latin urina, from Greek ouron.


morpheme_key: urn

morpheme: urn

morpheme_head: urn

affix_form: -urn-

meaning_definition: urn | vessel | container

example_words_list_1: urn, cinerary urn, funeral urn

example_words_corpus: urns | inurn | urnal | urned | inurns | urnful

categorical_group_list: Container, Vessel, Object

etymology: Latin urna 'large jar, water-pot, measuring vessel'


morpheme_key: urnal

morpheme: urnal

morpheme_head: urnal

affix_form: -urnal

morpheme_subtype: forms:noun, adjective

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: noun, adjective

meaning_definition: day | daily

example_words_list_1: diurnal, nocturnal

example_words_list_2: diurnal, nocturnal

categorical_group_list: Temporal, Periodicity

etymology: Latin suffix -urnus, derived from the neuter suffix -um attached to adjectives, often indicating belonging or relation (e.g., from 'diurnus' meaning 'of the day').


morpheme_key: uro

morpheme: uro

morpheme_head: uro

affix_form: uro

sense_label: tail.

meaning_definition: tail. | tail

example_words_list_1: Examples: Dasyurus ("hairy tail") | Coelurosauria ("hollow tail lizards") | Uromastyx ("tail scourge") | uropod | uropygium | urostyle

example_words_corpus: uropod | urology | anurous | urolith | uropods | urogram

categorical_group_list: Medical and Scientific

ancestor_etymon: οὐρά (ourá)

etymology: Ancient Greek οὐρά (oura) 'tail'

ancestor_etymon_language: Ancient Greek

pronunciation: /uːrəs/, /uːroʊ/


morpheme_key: uronic

morpheme: uronic

morpheme_head: uronic

affix_form: -uronic

meaning_definition: containing | derived from | characterized by uronic acid

example_words_list_1: glucuronic, iduronic, glucuronate

categorical_group_list: Chemistry, Biochemistry

ancestor_etymon: ic

etymology: From Latin 'uron' (urine) + '-ic' (pertaining to), referring to acids found in urine.


morpheme_key: urs

morpheme: urs

morpheme_head: urs

affix_form: urs-

meaning_definition: the animal | an individual of that animal

example_words_list_1: Ursa Major | ursine | Ursus | Ursa (Major | Minor) | ursiform | Ursula | Ursuline Variant Spellings: Orson | Orson

categorical_group_list: Anomalous form | Animal

etymology: Latin 'ursus' meaning 'bear'


morpheme_key: ursuline

morpheme: ursuline

morpheme_head: ursuline

affix_form: -ursuline-

meaning_definition: of or pertaining to a Ursula | female religious sister | relating to the order of St. Ursula

example_words_list_1: ursuline, ursulines

categorical_group_list: Animal, Adjectival

etymology: From Latin ursulina, from ursula 'little bear', diminutive of ursum (bear)


morpheme_key: us

morpheme: us

morpheme_head: us

affix_form: -us

sense_label: form noun

meaning_definition: form noun

example_words_list_1: servus, amicus, dominus

example_words_corpus: usie | USian | ussie | usies | usward | usself

categorical_group_list: Grammatical Case, Gender Marker

etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-os, marking masculine nominative singular in second-declension nouns.


affix_form: us-

sense_label: use

meaning_definition: employ | beneficial | function | the act of employing

example_words_list_1: use, usage, useful, useless, utility, utilize

related_morphemes: ut1 / ut

categorical_group_list: Capability

ancestor_etymon: us

etymology: uti, usus


morpheme_key: use

morpheme: use

morpheme_head: use

affix_form: -use-

meaning_definition: to employ | to utilize | to exert

example_words_list_1: use, usage, useful, useless

example_words_corpus: user | used | uses | usee | abuse | reuse

categorical_group_list: Action, Utility

etymology: From Latin 'uti' (to use, enjoy) via Old French 'user'


morpheme_key: used

morpheme: used

morpheme_head: used

affix_form: -used-

meaning_definition: to employ | to utilize | to make use of

etymology: From Latin 'usus', past participle of 'uti' meaning 'to use, enjoy, employ'.


morpheme_key: usher

morpheme: usher

morpheme_head: usher

affix_form: -usher-

meaning_definition: to guide | to lead | to announce

example_words_list_1: usher, usherette, ushering

example_words_corpus: ushers | ushered | usherin | ushering | usherdom | usheress

categorical_group_list: Motion, Guidance

etymology: Old French usher 'attendant, herald'


morpheme_key: usual

morpheme: usual

morpheme_head: usual

affix_form: -usual-

meaning_definition: custom | habit | practice

example_words_list_1: usual, unusual, usage, usability

example_words_corpus: usuals | unusual | usually | usuality | unusuals | unusually

categorical_group_list: Habit, Custom, Action

etymology: From Latin 'usuālis', derived from 'ūsus' (past participle of 'ūti' meaning 'to use'), referring to what is commonly done or experienced.


morpheme_key: usur

morpheme: usur

morpheme_head: usur

affix_form: -usur-

meaning_definition: to seize | to take by force

example_words_list_1: usurp, usurpation, usurper

categorical_group_list: Action, Force

etymology: Latin usurpare 'to take possession of, use', from usur- 'taken', past participle of uti 'to use'


morpheme_key: usurp

morpheme: usurp

morpheme_head: usurp

affix_form: -usurp-

meaning_definition: seize | take | dispossess

example_words_list_1: usurp, usurper, usurpation

example_words_corpus: usurps | usurped | usurping | usurpings | usurpable | usurpedly

categorical_group_list: Action, Power, Conflict

etymology: Latin usurpare 'to take possession of, use', from usur- (past participle of uti 'to use') + -pare (causative suffix)


morpheme_key: ut

morpheme: ut

morpheme_head: ut

affix_form: ut-

meaning_definition: application | beneficial | function | external | beyond | to voice openly

example_words_list_1: utility, utilize, utensil, utensils

example_words_corpus: uts

related_morphemes: out / out / : outr / outr / : positive form: ut / : comparative form: utter / : superlative form: utmost

categorical_group_list: Utility, Action, Latin Root

etymology: Latin 'ūtī' (to use) + '-t' (past participle stem marker)


morpheme_key: ute

morpheme: ute

morpheme_head: ute

affix_form: -ute

morpheme_subtype: forms:adjective, verb

part_of_speech_created_by_this_suffix: adjective, verb

meaning_definition: affection, ute

example_words_list_1: absolute, compute, refute, substitute

example_words_corpus: utes | Utegate

categorical_group_list: State, Quality

etymology: Latin -ūtus, past participle suffix of verbs in -ūre (from PIE *h₂eu- 'to flow, move')