affix

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English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French affixer or Medieval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA: /ˈæfɪks/
• (verb) IPA: /əˈfɪks/
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

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 $(a,b)$.

Antonyms

• (linguistics: bound morpheme added to a word’s stem): nonaffix

Hyponyms

• (types of affixes): ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix

Coordinate terms

• clitic

Translations

that which is affixed

• Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) (pribavka), придатък (bg) (pridatǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附加物 (cmn) (fùjiāwù)

• Dutch: affix (nl) n, aanhangsel (nl) n
• French: affixe (fr) f
• German: Affix (de) n
• Greek: προσθήκη (el) (prosthíki) f

• Japanese: 付属物 (ja) (ふぞくぶつ, fuzokubutsu)
• Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
• Russian: добавление (ru) (dobavlénije) n, дополнение (ru) (dopolnénije) n, придаток (ru) (pridátok) n
• Serbo-Croatian: додатак (sh) m, dodatak (sh) m
• Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem

• Arabic: أفكس (ar) (ʾafiks)
• Armenian: ածանց (hy) (açanc’)
• Bulgarian: наставка (bg) (nastavka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞綴 (cmn), 词缀 (cmn) (cízhuì)

• Danish: affiks (da)
• Dutch: affix (nl) n
• Esperanto: afikso (eo)
• Finnish: affiksi (fi)
• French: affixe (fr) f
• German: Affix (de) n, Ableitungssilbe (de) f, Zusatzsilbe (de) f
• Greek: πρόσφυμα (el) (prósfima) n
• Icelandic: aðskeyti (is)

• Italian: confisso (it) m
• Japanese: 接辞 (ja) (せつじ, setsuji)
• Khmer: ផ្នត់ (km) (phnott)
• Norwegian: affiks (no)
• Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
• Russian: аффикс (ru) (áffiks) m
• Scottish Gaelic: leasachan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: афикс (sh) m, afiks (sh) m
• Spanish: afijo (es)
• Swedish: affix (sv) n
• Telugu: ప్రత్యయము (te)
• Turkish: ek (tr)
• Volapük: yümot (vo)

mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

• Dutch: affix (nl) n
• Russian: аффикс (ru) (áffiks) m

• Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: afikso

• Korean: 첨부물 (cheombumul)
• Spanish: afijo m

Verb

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

1. To attach.

Translations

to attach

• Bulgarian: прикрепям (bg) (prikrepjam), закрепвам (bg) (zakrepvam)
• Dutch: vastmaken (nl) aan (nl), aanhangen (nl)
• Greek: κολλώ (el) (kolló)

• Portuguese: afixar (pt)
• Russian: прикреплять (ru) (prikrepljatʹ)
• Spanish: fijar (es), pegar (es)

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Etymology

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

Noun

affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje)

1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

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Noun

affix n

1. an affix

Declension

Declension of affix

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	affix	affixet	affix	affixen
genitive	affix	affixets	affix	affixens