circumfix
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Noun edit
circumfix (plural circumfixes)
- (grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.
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- circumfixation
- circumfixal
- circumfixing (adjective, noun or present participle)
Translations edit
affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
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Verb edit
circumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)
- (grammar) Affix a circumfix to (a word).
Translations edit
add a circumfix
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Noun edit
circumfix n (plural circumfixen, diminutive circumfixje n)