prefix
See also: préfix
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French prefixer (verb) resp. Late Latin praefixum (noun), both from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prefix (plural prefixes)
- Something placed before another
- (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
- Synonyms: (rare) foresyllable, (archaic) prefixum
- Antonym: suffix
- Hypernyms: (broad sense) affix, morpheme
- (telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)
- in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number.
- Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad
- A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
- (computing) An initial segment of a string of characters.
- The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
- (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
Usage notesEdit
- Though much less common, a plural form prefices is seen as well, apparently formed by analogy with index–indices, appendix–appendices, and so on, but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in Latin.
SynonymsEdit
- forefix (rare)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
Derived termsEdit
- prefixable
- prefixal
- prefixation
- prefixed, unprefixed
- prefixer, auto~
- prefixhood
- prefixing (adj.)
- prefixion (archaic)
- prefixless, ~ness
- prefixlike
- prefixoid
- pseudoprefix
Expressions
TranslationsEdit
morpheme at the beginning of a word
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telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number
title added to a person's name
VerbEdit
prefix (third-person singular simple present prefixes, present participle prefixing, simple past and past participle prefixed)
- (transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance. [from 15thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XXI:
- he took the Quene Gueneuer and sayd playnly that he wolde wedde hyr / whyche was his vnkyls wyf and his faders wyf / And soo he made redy for the feest / And a day prefyxt that they shold be wedded / wherfore quene Gweneuer was passyng huey / But she durst not dyscouer hyr herte
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire […].
- (transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
put or fix before, or at the beginning of
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set or appoint beforehand
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
prefix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - prefix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prefix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prefix m (plural prefixos)
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prefix m inan
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- prefix in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- prefix in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from post-Classical Latin praefixum, nominal use of the neuter form of Classical Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) — the noun directly thence, whereas the adjective via French préfixe.
Alternative formsEdit
- praefix (archaic)
NounEdit
prefix n or m (plural prefixen, diminutive prefixje n)
- prefix
- Synonym: voorvoegsel
- Antonyms: suffix, achtervoegsel
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
AdjectiveEdit
prefix (not comparable)
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of prefix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | prefix | |||
| inflected | prefixe | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | prefix | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | prefixe | ||
| n. sing. | prefix | |||
| plural | prefixe | |||
| definite | prefixe | |||
| partitive | prefix | |||
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus
NounEdit
prefix m
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French préfixe, from Latin praefixus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prefix n (plural prefixe)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of prefix
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) prefix | prefixul | (niște) prefixe | prefixele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) prefix | prefixului | (unor) prefixe | prefixelor |
| vocative | prefixule | prefixelor | ||