adfix

English

Etymology

From ad- +‎ -fix.

Noun

adfix (plural adfixes)

1. (linguistics) A type of affix that is attached to the outside of a stem (an existing word), to form a new word. The adfix category branches into prefixes (ones which appear before the stem) and suffixes (ones which appear after the stem).

Antonyms

• infix

Translations

type of affix

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詞綴 / 词缀 (zh) (cízhuì) (no equivalent exists; lit. "affix")

• Finnish: etu- tai jälkiliite
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Category:Prefixes by language
• Category:Suffixes by language