interfix

interfix

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ fix

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fix

Noun

interfix (plural interfixes)

1. (linguistic morphology) An empty morph (meaningless morph) inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -o-, -i-.
   • 2004, Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics‎, →ISBN, page 187:

     An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).

2. (linguistic morphology) A transfix.
3. (computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.
   • 1959, Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms, page 19:

     LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

an empty morph inserted between two morphemes

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: interfix m Danish: bindebogstav (da) c, interfiks (da) n Dutch: invoegsel (nl) n, interfix (nl) n Finnish: interfiksi French: interfixe (fr) m Georgian: ინტერფიქსი (inṭerpiksi) German: Fugenelement (de) n Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نێوانگِر‎ (nêwangir) Macedonian: интерфикс m (interfiks) Norwegian: fugemorfem n, interfiks n Persian: میان‌وند‎ (miyân-vand) Polish: międzyrostek (pl) m Russian: интерфикс (ru) m (interfiks) (formal), соединительный аффикс f (sojedinitelʹnyj affiks) (formal) Spanish: interfijo (es) m Swedish: fogemorfem (sv) n, interfix (sv) n Udmurt: висӥтэт (visïtet)

Verb

interfix (third-person singular simple present interfixes, present participle interfixing, simple past and past participle interfixed)

1. (engineering, transitive) To attach or anchor (two or more parts) together.
   • 1932, Elmer G. Koch, "Collar Fastener", United States Patent 1915250 , page 2:

     Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws...

2. (linguistic morphology, transitive) To insert (an interfix) between two morphemes.
   • 2001, Wolfgang U. Dressler; et al, “The Processing of interfixed German compounds”, in Yearbook of Morphology 1999‎, →ISBN, page 185:

     Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent.

Derived terms

• interfixation

See also

• epenthesis

References

Further reading

• interfix at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Interfix, encyclopedia.com
• A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics by R.L. Trask
• Interfixes Preserve Syllables and Word Roots by Allen, Andrew, 1976
• Interfixation in German compounds: What factors govern acceptability judgements
• The Interfixation as a Morphological Process in Ngwa Igbo

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Czech

Noun

interfix m

1. interfix

Further reading

• Internetová jazyková příručka: Morfematika, prirucka.ujc.cas.cz