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English

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Affixes. Italo-Greek Vase in the Campana Collection (Louvres Museum)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinaffixus,perfect passive participle ofaffigere (fromad- +figere), equivalent toad- +‎fix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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affix (pluralaffixes)

  1. (linguisticmorphology) Abound morpheme added to a word’sstem, such as aprefix orsuffix.
    Synonym:afformative
    Antonym:nonaffix
    Hypernyms:formative,formant,formans
    Hyponyms:adfix,prefix,suffix,infix,circumfix,suprafix,postfix
    • 2020 March 14, Lindsay del Valle, “36 Spanish Prefixes That Will Increase Your Vocabulary Times 100!”, inHomeschool Spanish Academy‎[1]:
      A prefix is anaffix that joins to the beginning of another word. Depending on the prefix, it can slightly or significantly alter the meaning of a word. For example, the English prefix “un-” changes a word into its opposite, as from “do” to “undo,” altering its meaning entirely.
  2. (now uncommon) That which is affixed; anappendage.
    Synonyms:addition,supplement;see alsoThesaurus:adjunct
  3. (mathematics) Thecomplex numbera+bi{\displaystyle a+bi} associated with the point in theGauss plane with coordinates(a,b){\displaystyle (a,b)}.
  4. (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 terms

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types of affixesedit

Derived terms

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Translations

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that which is affixed
suffix—seesuffix
linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem
mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

Verb

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affix (third-person singular simple presentaffixes,present participleaffixing,simple past and past participleaffixed)

  1. (transitive) Toattach.
    Synonyms:join,put together,unite;see alsoThesaurus:join
    toaffix a stigma to a person
    toaffix ridicule or blame to somebody
    • 1691,John Ray,The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […],→OCLC:
      Should they [caterpillars]affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food[…]
  2. (transitive) Tosubjoin,annex, or add at the close or end; toappend to.
    toaffix a syllable to a word
    toaffix a seal to an instrument
    toaffix one’s name to a writing
  3. (transitive) Tofix orfastenfiguratively; withon orupon.
    eyesaffixed upon the ground
    • 1596,Edmund Spenser,An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty:
      Look thou no further, butaffix 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...

Derived terms

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Translations

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to attach

Further reading

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Etymology

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Ultimately fromLatinaffixum.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.fɪks/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:af‧fix

Noun

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affix n (pluralaffixen,diminutiveaffixje n)

  1. Affix(linguistics and mathematics)

Descendants

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Swedish

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Noun

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affix n

  1. anaffix

Declension

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Declension ofaffix
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteaffixaffix
definiteaffixetaffixets
pluralindefiniteaffixaffix
definiteaffixenaffixens
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