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
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːfɪks/, /pɹɛˈfɪks/
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːfɪks/, /pɹiːˈfɪks/, /pɹɛˈfɪks/
- Rhymes: -ɪks
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
Expressions
TranslationsEdit
morpheme at the beginning of a word
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telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number
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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.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire […].
- 2002, Thomas R. West, Signs of Struggle, page 23:
- It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments.
- (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
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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
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 | ||
Related termsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
prefix n
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of prefix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | prefix | prefixet | prefix | prefixen |
| Genitive | prefix | prefixets | prefix | prefixens |