infix

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

infixes

V_ing/Gerund

infixing

V_ed/pp

infixed

1.
(archaic, transitive)To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
to infix a sting, spear, or dart
The fatal Dart a ready Passage found, And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:
2.
(transitive)To instill.
3.
(transitive)(transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

infixes

1.
An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
2.
(some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
3.
(dated)(Bantu linguistics, dated) A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.
4.
(proscribed)Synonym of interfix.
Đồng nghĩa: interfix

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

interfix

Cùng gốc / liên quan

anastomosispostfix

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Nguồn gốc từ

from Middle English infixed (stuck in), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (to fasten in).