prefixo
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto prefikso.
Noun
prefixo (plural prefixi)
- prefix
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.ˈfik.su/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.ˈfik.so/
- Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xo
Noun
prefixo m (plural prefixos)
- (grammar) prefix (letters at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)
- (telephony) numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line
Coordinate terms
- (prefix): sufixo, radical
Adjective
prefixo m (feminine singular prefixa, masculine plural prefixos, feminine plural prefixas, not comparable)
- prefixed
- Synonym: prefixado
Related terms
- prefixação
- prefixadamente
- prefixado
- prefixal
- prefixamente
- prefixar
- prefixativo