suprafix

English

Etymology

Blend of supra- +‎ affix, equivalent to supra- +‎ -fix.

Noun

suprafix (plural suprafixes)

1. (linguistic morphology) A type of affix where a suprasegmental change (such as tone or stress) modifies an existing morpheme's meaning.

Coordinate terms

types of affixesedit

• adfix
• affix
• ambifix
• circumfix
• confix
• disfix
• duplifix
• infix
• interfix
• libfix
• postfix
• prefix
• prefixoid
• simulfix
• suffix
• suffixoid
• suprafix
• transfix

Derived terms

• suprafixal
• suprafixation

Translations

type of affix

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: superfiksi
• French: suprafixe (fr) m