confix

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Coordinate terms 1.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

con- + fix

[edit] Noun

confix (plural confixes)

1. (linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
   • 2005, Elizabeth Zeitoun, “Tsou”, in The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar^[1], page 265:  

     As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu.

2. (linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
   • 1982, Igor Aleksandrovič Melʹčuk & Philip Luelsdorff, Towards a Language of Linguistics, page 84:  

     22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root.

[edit] Synonyms

• (prefix-suffix unit): circumfix, ambifix

[edit] Coordinate terms

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

[edit] Verb

to confix (third-person singular simple present confixes, present participle confixing, simple past and past participle confixed)

1. (obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure:  

     As this is true, / Let me in safety raise me from my knees, / Or else for ever be confixed here, / A marble monument!