circumfix

English

Etymology

circum- +‎ -fix

Pronunciation

(noun):
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmfɪks/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɚkəmfɪks/
(verb):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səːkəmˈfɪks/
- (US) IPA^(key): /sɚkəmˈfɪks/

Noun

circumfix (plural circumfixes)

(grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.

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Coordinate terms

(types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix

Translations

affix with both a pre- and sufixing part

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: circumfix m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 環綴, 环缀 (huánzhuì)
Czech: cirkumfix m
Dutch: circumfuse
Finnish: sirkumfiksi
French: circonfixe (fr) m
Georgian: ცირკუმფიქსი (cirḳumpiksi)
German: Zirkumfix (de) n
Greek: υπέρθημα (el) n (ypérthima)

Italian: circonfisso m
Japanese: 接周辞 (sesshūji)
Polish: okołorostek (pl) m
Portuguese: circunfixo m
Romanian: confix n
Russian: циркумфи́кс (ru) m (cirkumfíks)
Spanish: circunfijo m
Swedish: cirkumfix (sv) n
Tagalog: kabilaang panlapi
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

circumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)

(grammar) Affix a circumfix to (a word).

Translations

add a circumfix

Chinese:
Mandarin: 加上環綴, 加上环缀 (jiāshàng huánzhuì)
Dutch: circumfigeren

Finnish: liittää sirkumfiksi
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪrkʏmfɪks/
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Noun

circumfix n (plural circumfixen, diminutive circumfixje n)

(grammar) circumfix

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