affix
See also: Affix
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- + fix.
PronunciationEdit
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈæ.fɪks/
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- (verb) IPA(key): /ə.ˈfɪks/
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- 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.
- (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, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix
- clitic
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
- 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
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)
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 |