circumfix

English

Etymology

From circum- +‎ -fix.

Pronunciation

• (noun):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmfɪks/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɚkəmfɪks/
• (verb):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səːkəmˈfɪks/, /ˈsəːkəmfɪks/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /sɚkəmˈfɪks/, /ˈsɚkəmfɪks/

Noun

circumfix (plural circumfixes)

1. (grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.

   Synonyms: ambifix, confix

Coordinate terms

• adfix
• affix
• disfix
• duplifix
• infix
• interfix
• libfix
• postfix
• prefix
• prefixoid
• pseudo-suffix
• semi-prefix
• simulfix
• suffix
• suffixoid
• suprafix
• transfix

 

Derived terms

• circumfixation
• circumfixal
• circumfixing (adjective, noun or present participle)

Translations

affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element

• Bulgarian: циркумфикс m (cirkumfiks)
• Catalan: circumfix m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環綴 / 环缀 (huánzhuì)

• Czech: cirkumfix m
• Danish: cirkumfiks n
• Dutch: circumfix (nl) n, discontinu affix n, omvoegsel (nl) n
• Esperanto: cirkumfikso, ĉirkaŭafikso
• Finnish: sirkumfiksi
• French: circonfixe (fr) m
• Georgian: ცირკუმფიქსი (cirḳumpiksi)
• German: Zirkumfix (de) n
• Greek: υπέρθημα (el) n (ypérthima)
• Italian: circonfisso m
• Japanese: 接周辞 (sesshūji)
• Malay: apitan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sirkumfiks n, cirkumfiks n

  Nynorsk: sirkumfiks n, cirkumfiks n

• Polish: okołorostek (pl) m
• Portuguese: circunfixo m
• Romanian: confix n
• Russian: циркумфи́кс (ru) m (cirkumfíks)
• Spanish: circunfijo m
• Swedish: cirkumfix (sv) n
• Tagalog: kabilaang-lapi
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cylchddodiad m

Verb

circumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)

1. (grammar) Affix a circumfix to (a word).

Translations

add a circumfix

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加上環綴 / 加上环缀 (jiāshàng huánzhuì)

• Dutch: circumfigeren
• Finnish: liittää sirkumfiksi
• German: zirkumfigieren
• Spanish: circunfijar

Further reading

• Category:Circumfixes by language

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪrkʏmˌfɪks/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧fix

Noun

circumfix n (plural circumfixen, diminutive circumfixje n)

1. (grammar) circumfix