circumfix

circumfix

English

Etymology

From circum- +‎ -fix.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

circumfix (plural circumfixes)

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

   Synonyms: ambifix, confix

Coordinate terms

• adfix
• affix
• disfix
• duplifix
• infix
• interfix
• libfix
• postfix
• prefix
• prefixoid
• pseudo-suffix
• semi-prefix
• simulfix
• suffix
• suffixoid
• suprafix
• transfix

 

Derived terms

• circumfixation
• circumfixal
• circumfixing (adjective, noun or present participle)

Translations

affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: circumfix m Chinese: Mandarin: 環綴／环缀 (huánzhuì) Czech: cirkumfix m Danish: cirkumfiks n Dutch: circumfix (nl) n, discontinu affix n, omvoegsel (nl) n Esperanto: cirkumfikso, ĉirkaŭafikso 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) Norwegian: Bokmål: sirkumfiks n, cirkumfiks n Nynorsk: sirkumfiks n, cirkumfiks n 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)

1. (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 German: zirkumfigieren Finnish: liittää sirkumfiksi Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Category:Circumfixes by language

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪrkʏmˌfɪks/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧fix

Noun

circumfix n (plural circumfixen, diminutive circumfixje n)

1. (grammar) circumfix