prefixoid

English

Examples
wheel in wheelchair and wheelwell

Etymology

prefix +‎ -oid, coined c. 1966 by Yakov Malkiel

Noun

prefixoid (plural prefixoids)

1. (linguistics) A wordinitial segment that does not have all characteristics of a prefix.

Coordinate terms

• suffixoid

Translations

Translations

• Czech: prefixoid (cs) m
• Finnish: prefiksoidi
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Präfixoid (de) n, Pseudopräfix n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: prefiksoid m
• Romanian: prefixoid (ro) n
• Slovak: prefixoid m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• combining form

Romanian

Etymology

From prefix +‎ -oid.

Noun

prefixoid n (plural prefixoide)

1. prefixoid

Declension

Declension of prefixoid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) prefixoid	prefixoidul	(niște) prefixoide	prefixoidele
genitive/dative	(unui) prefixoid	prefixoidului	(unor) prefixoide	prefixoidelor
vocative	prefixoidule		prefixoidelor