affix

See also: Affix

English

Affixes. Italo-Greek Vase in the Campana Collection (Louvres Museum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- +‎ fix.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈæf.ɪks/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /əˈfɪks/

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• Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

affix (plural affixes)

1. That which is affixed; an appendage.

   Synonyms: addition, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct

2. (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.

   Synonym: adfix

   Hyponyms: suffix, postfix

3. (linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.

   Synonym: afformative

   Antonym: nonaffix

   Hypernyms: formative, formant, formans

   Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix

4. (mathematics) The complex number ${\displaystyle a+bi}$ associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates ${\displaystyle (a,b)}$.
5. (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.

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
• clitic

Derived terms

• affixal
• affixation
• affixhood
• affixive
• affixoid
• separable affix

 

Translations

that which is affixed

Bulgarian: прибавка (bg) (pribavka), придатък (bg) (pridatǎk) Catalan: afix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 附加物 (zh) (fùjiāwù) 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

Afrikaans: affiks Arabic: أَفِكْس (ʔafiks) Armenian: ածանց (hy) (acancʻ) Azerbaijani: şəkilçi (az) Bulgarian: наставка (bg) (nastavka) Catalan: afix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 詞綴 / 词缀 (zh) (cízhuì) Czech: afix (cs) m Danish: affiks Dutch: affix (nl) n Esperanto: afikso Finnish: affiksi (fi), liite (fi) French: affixe (fr) f Georgian: აფიქსი sg (apiksi) German: Affix (de) n, Zusatzsilbe f Greek: παράθημα (el) n (paráthima) Hebrew: מוּסָפִית (he) m (musafít) Hungarian: toldalék (hu) Icelandic: aðskeyti Indonesian: imbuhan (id) Italian: confisso (it) m Japanese: 接辞 (ja) (せつじ, setsuji) Kazakh: қосымша (kk) (qosymşa) Khmer: ផ្នត់ (km) (phnott) Korean: 접사(接辭) (ko) (jeopsa) Kyrgyz: кошумча (ky) (koşumca) Latvian: dēklis m (dated) Norwegian: affiks (no) n Polish: formant m, zrostek (pl) m, afiks (pl) m Portuguese: afixo (pt) m Romanian: afix (ro) n Russian: а́ффикс (ru) m (áffiks) Scottish Gaelic: leasachan m Serbo-Croatian: афикс m, afiks (sh) m Slovene: pona f Spanish: afijo (es) m Swedish: affix (sv) n Tagalog: panlapi (tl) Telugu: ప్రత్యయము (te) (pratyayamu) Turkish: ek (tr) Vietnamese: phụ tố (vi) (輔素) Volapük: yümot (vo) Walloon: stitchete (wa) f (neologism) Welsh: dodiad m

mathematics: the complex number associated to a point

Dutch: affix (nl) n Romanian: afix (ro) n Russian: а́ффикс (ru) m (áffiks) Swahili: kiambishi (sw)

Verb

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

1. (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 […]

2. (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

3. (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...

Derived terms

• affixable
• affixer
• affixion
• affixment
• reaffix

 

Translations

to attach

Bulgarian: прикрепям (bg) (prikrepjam), закрепвам (bg) (zakrepvam) Dutch: vastmaken (nl) aan (nl), aanhangen (nl) German: befestigen (de), anheften (de), anbringen (de) Greek: κολλάω (el) (kolláo), κολλώ (el) (kolló) Ottoman Turkish: طاقمق (takmak) Portuguese: afixar (pt) Russian: прикрепля́ть (ru) (prikrepljátʹ) Spanish: fijar (es), pegar (es), afijar (es)

Further reading

• affix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin affixum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.fɪks/

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• Hyphenation: af‧fix

Noun

affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje n)

1. Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: afiks

Swedish

Noun

affix n

1. an affix

Declension

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	affix	affix
	definite	affixet	affixets
plural	indefinite	affix	affix
	definite	affixen	affixens

Declension of affix