interfix

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ fix

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fix

Noun

interfix (plural interfixes)

2. (linguistic morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -o-, -i-.
   • 2004, Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics [1], →ISBN, page 187:

     An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).

3. (linguistic morphology) A transfix.
4. (computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.
   • 1959, Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms [2], page 19:

     LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix

Translations

an empty morph inserted between two morphemes

• Chinese:

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• Czech: interfix m
• Danish: bindebogstav (da) c, interfiks (da) n
• Finnish: interfiksi
• French: interfixe (fr) m
• Georgian: ინტერფიქსი (inṭerpiksi)
• German: Fugenelement (de) n
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نێوانگِر (nêwangir)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: fugemorfem n, interfiks n
• Persian: میان‌وند (miyân-vand)
• Polish: międzyrostek (pl) m
• Russian: интерфикс (ru) m (interfiks) (formal), соединительный аффикс f (sojedinitelʹnyj affiks) (formal)
• Spanish: interfijo (es) m
• Swedish: fogemorfem (sv) n, interfix (sv) n
• Udmurt: висӥтэт (visitet)

Verb

interfix (third-person singular simple present interfixes, present participle interfixing, simple past and past participle interfixed)

1. (engineering, transitive) To attach or anchor (two or more parts) together.
   • 1932, Elmer G. Koch, "Collar Fastener", United States Patent 1915250 [3], page 2:

     Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws...

2. (linguistic morphology, transitive) To insert (an interfix) between two morphemes.
   • 2001, Wolfgang U. Dressler et al., "The Processing of interfixed German compounds", in Yearbook of Morphology 1999 [4], →ISBN, page 185:

     Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent.

Derived terms

• interfixation

See also

• epenthesis