affix

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[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
affix

Plural
affixes

affix (plural affixes)

  1. That which is affixed; an appendage.
  2. (linguistics) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  3. (mathematics) The complex number a + bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).

[edit] Translations

that which is affixed
linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem
mathematics: The complex number associated to a point
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to affix

Third person singular
affixes

Simple past
affixed

Past participle
affixed

Present participle
affixing

to affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)

  1. To attach.

[edit] Translations

to attach

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

[edit] Noun

affix n. (plural affixen, diminutive affixje)

  1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)
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