affix

affix (plural affixes)

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.
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!”, in Homeschool Spanish Academy‎:
  A prefix is an affix 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.
(now uncommon) That which is affixed; an appendage.
Synonyms: addition, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct
(mathematics) The complex number $a+bi$ associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates $(a,b)$ .
(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.

types of affixesedit

that which is affixed

Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) (pribavka), придатък (bg) (pridatǎk)
Catalan: afix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 附加物 (zh) (fùjiāwù), 词缀 (zh) (cí zhuì)
Czech: afix (cs)
Dutch: affix (nl) n, aanhangsel (nl) n
Finnish: lisä (fi), lisäke (fi), uloke (fi)
French: affixe (fr) f
German: Anhang (de) m, Anhängsel (de) n
Greek: προσθήκη (el) f (prosthíki)
Japanese: 付属物 (ふぞくぶつ, fuzokubutsu)
Kyrgyz: кошулма (koşulma)
Portuguese: afixo (pt) m
Romanian: afix (ro) n
Russian: добавле́ние (ru) n (dobavlénije), дополне́ние (ru) n (dopolnénije), прида́ток (ru) n (pridátok)
Serbo-Croatian: додатак m, dodatak (sh) m
Swahili: kiambishi (sw)
Tagalog: maylapi (tl)
Yoruba: àfòmọ́

suffix — see suffix

linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem

mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

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

(transitive) To attach.
Synonyms: join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

to affix a stigma to a person

to affix 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 […]
(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
to affix a syllable to a word

to affix a seal to an instrument

to affix one’s name to a writing
(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
eyes affixed upon the ground
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty:
  Look thou no further, but affix 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...

to attach

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