affix

See also: Affix

EnglishEdit

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Affix

EtymologyEdit

From Old French affixer or Medieval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

PronunciationEdit

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈæfɪks/
(verb) IPA^(key): /əˈfɪks/
Rhymes: -ɪks

NounEdit

affix (plural affixes)

That which is affixed; an appendage.
(linguistics) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
(mathematics) The complex number $a+bi$ associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates $(a,b)$ .

AntonymsEdit

(linguistics: bound morpheme added to a word’s stem): nonaffix

HyponymsEdit

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

Coordinate termsEdit

clitic

TranslationsEdit

that which is affixed

Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) (pribavka), придатък (bg) (pridatǎk)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 附加物 (zh) (fùjiāwù)
Dutch: affix (nl) n, aanhangsel (nl) n
French: affixe (fr) f
German: Affix (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: добавление (ru) n (dobavlénije), дополнение (ru) n (dopolnénije), придаток (ru) n (pridátok)
Serbo-Croatian: додатак m, dodatak m
Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

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

Arabic: أفكس (ʾafiks)
Armenian: ածանց (acancʿ)
Bulgarian: наставка (bg) (nastavka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 詞綴, 词缀 (zh) (cízhuì)
Danish: affiks
Dutch: affix (nl) n
Esperanto: afikso
Finnish: affiksi (fi)
French: affixe (fr) f
German: Affix (de) n, Ableitungssilbe f, Zusatzsilbe f
Greek: πρόσφυμα (el) n (prósfyma)
Icelandic: aðskeyti
Italian: confisso (it) m

Japanese: 接辞 (ja) (せつじ, setsuji)
Khmer: ផ្នត់ (phnott)
Norwegian: affiks (no)
Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
Romanian: afix (ro) n
Russian: аффикс (ru) m (áffiks)
Scottish Gaelic: leasachan m
Serbo-Croatian: афикс m, afiks m
Spanish: afijo (es)
Swedish: affix (sv) n
Telugu: ప్రత్యయము (te) (pratyayamu)
Turkish: ek (tr)
Volapük: yümot (vo)

mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

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

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

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: afikso

Korean: 첨부물 (cheombumul)
Spanish: afijo m

VerbEdit

affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)

To attach.
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  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
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
To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
eyes affixed upon the ground

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