Affix: meaning, definitions and examples
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affix
[ ˈæfɪks ]
word formation
A morpheme added at the beginning or end of a word to modify its meaning. Affixes can be prefixes (added at the beginning) or suffixes (added at the end). They are common in many languages for creating new words or changing the grammatical function of existing ones.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- Adding the prefix 'un-' to 'happy' changes the meaning to 'unhappy'.
- The suffix '-less' added to 'fear' creates the word 'fearless'.
Translations
Translations of the word "affix" in other languages:
🇵🇹 afixo
- sufixo
- prefixo
🇮🇳 प्रत्यय
- उपसर्ग
- प्रत्यय या उपसर्ग जोड़ना
🇩🇪 Affix
- Präfix
- Suffix
🇮🇩 afiks
🇺🇦 афікс
- префікс
- суфікс
🇵🇱 afiks
- przedrostek
- przyrostek
🇯🇵 接辞 (せつじ)
- 接頭辞 (せっとうじ)
- 接尾辞 (せつびじ)
🇫🇷 affixe
- préfixe
- suffixe
🇪🇸 afijo
- prefijo
- sufijo
🇹🇷 ek
- ön ek
- son ek
🇰🇷 접사 (jeopsa)
- 접두사 (jeopdusa)
- 접미사 (jeomisa)
🇸🇦 لاحقة
🇨🇿 afix
- předpona
- přípona
🇸🇰 afix
- predpona
- prípona
🇨🇳 词缀 (cí zhui)
- 前缀 (qián zhuì)
- 后缀 (hòu zhuì)
🇸🇮 afiks
- predpona
- pripona
🇮🇸 viðskeyti
- forskeyti
- viðskeyti
🇰🇿 жұрнақ
🇬🇪 აფიქსი
- პრეფიქსი
- სუფიქსი
🇦🇿 əlavə
- ön şəkilçi
- son şəkilçi
🇲🇽 afijo
- prefijo
- sufijo
Word origin
The word 'affix' comes from the Latin verb 'affigere', which means 'to fasten to'. The concept of affixes has been used in language for centuries as a way to modify words and create new ones. Affixation is a fundamental process in word formation and is essential for the structure and meaning of many languages.