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 1

• IPA: /ˈæfɪks/

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), придатък (bg) Chinese: 固定 (gùdìng) Croatian: afiks (hr) m. Dutch: affix (nl) n., aanhangsel (nl) n. French: affixe (fr) f. German: Affix (de) n.

Greek: προσθήκη (el) f. Portuguese: afixo (pt) m. Russian: добавление (ru) (dobavl'énije) n., дополнение (ru) (dopoln'énije) n., придаток (ru) (pridátok) n. Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

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

Arabic: أفكس (ar) (ʼafiks) Armenian: ածանց (hy) (açanc’) Bulgarian: наставка (bg) Chinese: 附 (fù) Croatian: afiks (hr) m. Danish: affiks (da) Dutch: affix (nl) n. Esperanto: afikso (eo) Finnish: affiksi (fi) French: affixe (fr) f. German: Affix (de) n.

Icelandic: aðskeyti (is) Italian: confisso (it) m. Japanese: 接辞 (せつじ, setsuji) Mandarin: 詞綴 (cmn) (cí zhǜi) Norwegian: affiks (no) Portuguese: afixo (pt) m. Russian: аффикс (ru) (áffiks) m. Scottish Gaelic: leasachan (gd) m. Swedish: affix (sv) n. Turkish: ek (tr) Volapük: yümot (vo)

mathematics: The complex number associated to a point

Dutch: affix (nl) n.

Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

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Esperanto: afikso

Korean: 첨부물 (cheombumul) Spanish: afijo m.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA: /əˈfɪks/
• Rhymes: -ɪks

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), закрепвам (bg) Dutch: vastmaken (nl) aan (nl), aanhangen (nl) Greek: κολλώ (el)

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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

affix n. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

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Swedish

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