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Etymology

From Medieval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

Pronunciation 1

Noun

affix (plural affixes)

  1. That which is affixed; an appendage.
  2. (linguistics) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  3. (mathematics) The complex number a + bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).
Hyponyms
Translations
that which is affixed
  • Bulgarian: прибавка bg(bg), придатък bg(bg)
  • Chinese: 固定 (gùdìng)
  • Croatian: afiks hr(hr) m.
  • Dutch: affix nl(nl) n., aanhangsel nl(nl) n.
  • French: affixe fr(fr) f.
  • German: Affix de(de) n.
  • Greek: προσθήκη el(el) f.
  • Portuguese: afixo pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: добавление ru(ru) (dobavl'énije) n., дополнение ru(ru) (dopoln'énije) n., придаток ru(ru) (pridátok) n.
  • Swahili: kiambishi sw(sw)
linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem
  • Arabic: رسغ ar(ar)
  • Armenian: ածանց hy(hy) (açanc’)
  • Bulgarian: наставка bg(bg)
  • Chinese: 附 (fù)
  • Croatian: afiks hr(hr) m.
  • Dutch: affix nl(nl) n.
  • Esperanto: afikso eo(eo)
  • French: affixe fr(fr) f.
  • German: Affix de(de) n.
  • Italian: confisso it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 接辞 (せつじ, setsuji)
  • Mandarin: 詞綴 cmn(cmn) (cí zhǜi)
  • Portuguese: afixo pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: аффикс ru(ru) (áffiks) m.
  • Scottish Gaelic: leasachan gd(gd) m.
  • Turkish: ek tr(tr)
mathematics: The complex number associated to a point
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  • Korean: 첨부물 (cheombumul)
  • Spanish: afijo m.

Pronunciation 2

Verb

to affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)

  1. To attach.
Translations
to attach
  • Bulgarian: прикрепям bg(bg), закрепвам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: vastmaken nl(nl) aan nl(nl), aanhangen nl(nl)
  • Greek: κολλώ el(el)
  • Portuguese: afixar pt(pt)
  • Russian: прикреплять ru(ru)

Dutch

Etymology

From Medieval Latin (1533) affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus), from ad- + figere.

Noun

affix n. (plural affixen, diminutive affixje, diminutive plural affixjes)

  1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

 

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