affix
See also: Affix
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- + fix.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
affix (plural affixes)
- That which is affixed; an appendage.
- Synonyms: addition, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct
- (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
- (linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
- (mathematics) The complex number associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates .
- (decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
Coordinate termsEdit
- (types of affixes): adfix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
- clitic
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
that which is affixed
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suffix — see suffix
linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem
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mathematics: the complex number associated to a point
VerbEdit
affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)
- (transitive) To attach.
- Synonyms: join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
- 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], OCLC 1179804186:
- Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food […]
- to affix a stigma to a person
- to affix ridicule or blame to somebody
- (transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
- to affix a syllable to a word
- to affix a seal to an instrument
- to affix one's name to a writing
- (transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
- eyes affixed upon the ground
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
- Look thou no further, but affix thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...
TranslationsEdit
to attach
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Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Latin affixum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje n)
- Affix (linguistics and mathematics)
DescendantsEdit
- → Indonesian: afiks
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
affix n
- an affix
DeclensionEdit
Declension of affix | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | affix | affixet | affix | affixen |
Genitive | affix | affixets | affix | affixens |