affix

See also: Affix

EnglishEdit

Affixes. Italo-Greek Vase in the Campana Collection (Louvres Museum)

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere).

PronunciationEdit

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.fɪks/
(verb) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈfɪks/
Rhymes: -ɪks

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.
Synonyms: suffix, postfix
(linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
Antonym: nonaffix

Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix
(mathematics) The complex number $a+bi$ associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates $(a,b)$ .
(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.

HyponymsEdit

(types of affixes): adfix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix

Coordinate termsEdit

clitic

TranslationsEdit

that which is affixed

Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) (pribavka), придатък (bg) (pridatǎk)
Catalan: afix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 附加物 (zh) (fùjiāwù)
Dutch: affix (nl) n, aanhangsel (nl) n
Finnish: lisä (fi), lisäke (fi), uloke (fi)
French: affixe (fr) f
German: Anhang (de) m, Anhängsel (de) n

Greek: προσθήκη (el) f (prosthíki)
Japanese: 付属物 (ふぞくぶつ, fuzokubutsu)
Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
Romanian: afix (ro) n
Russian: добавле́ние (ru) n (dobavlénije), дополне́ние (ru) n (dopolnénije), прида́ток (ru) n (pridátok)
Serbo-Croatian: додатак m, dodatak (sh) m
Swahili: kiambishi (sw)
Tagalog: maylapi (tl)

suffix — see suffix

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

Arabic: أَفِكْس‎ (ʾafiks)
Armenian: ածանց (hy) (acancʿ)
Bulgarian: наставка (bg) (nastavka)
Catalan: afix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞綴 (zh), 词缀 (zh) (cízhuì)
Czech: afix m
Danish: affiks
Dutch: affix (nl) n
Esperanto: afikso
Finnish: affiksi (fi)
French: affixe (fr) f
German: Affix (de) n, Zusatzsilbe f
Greek: παράθημα (el) n (paráthima)
Hebrew: מוּסָפִית‎ (he) m (musafít)
Hungarian: toldalék (hu)
Icelandic: aðskeyti
Indonesian: imbuhan (id)
Italian: confisso (it) m

Japanese: 接辞 (ja) (せつじ, setsuji)
Khmer: ផ្នត់ (km) (phnott)
Korean: 접사 (ko) (jeopsa)
Latvian: dēklis m (dated)
Norwegian: affiks (no) n
Polish: formant m, zrostek (pl) m
Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
Romanian: afix (ro) n
Russian: а́ффикс (ru) m (áffiks)
Scottish Gaelic: leasachan m
Serbo-Croatian: афикс m, afiks (sh) m
Spanish: afijo (es) m
Swedish: affix (sv) n
Tagalog: panlapi (tl)
Telugu: ప్రత్యయము (te) (pratyayamu)
Turkish: ek (tr)
Vietnamese: phụ tố (vi)
Volapük: yümot (vo)
Walloon: stitchete (wa) f (neologism)

mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

Dutch: affix (nl) n
Romanian: afix (ro) n

Russian: а́ффикс (ru) m (áffiks)
Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} afikso

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 첨부물 (cheombumul)

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
- Ray
  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

(Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)