infix

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from Middle English infixed (stuck in), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (to fasten in).

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Noun
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɪks/
  • (file)
Verb

Verb[edit]

infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
    to infix a sting, spear, or dart
  2. (transitive) To instill.
  3. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

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Noun[edit]

infix (plural infixes)

  1. (linguistics) An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
  2. (some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
    • 2008, Derek Nurse, Tense and Aspect in Bantu, →ISBN:
      The infix position contains (pronominal) object markers, showing agreement with the object(s), which might be one or more noun phrases following the verb, or a foregoing or previously mentioned object marking.
    • 2008, George Hewitt, Are Verbs Always What They Seem to Be?[3]:
      [] but the second example contravenes all the rules, as the negative infix should NEVER precede any Set 2 affix present in the complex.
    • 2018, Gloria Cocchi, chapter 5, in Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond, →DOI:
      [] at least in languages, like Swahili, which exhibit morphologically different tense/aspect infixes in affirmative and negative clauses []
    • 2023, Bostoen, de Schryver, Guérois & Pacchiarotti, editor, On reconstructing Proto-Bantu grammar, page 709:
      The morpheme in question is the reflexive prefix ('infix' in the traditional Bantu terminology).
  3. (Bantu linguistics, dated) A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.
  4. (linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).

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Catalan[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfixus.

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Noun[edit]

infix m (plural infixos)

  1. (linguistics) infix

Old Occitan[edit]

Adjective[edit]

infix (feminine infixa)

  1. stuck, broken

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French infixe, from Latin infixus. Doublet of înfipt.

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Noun[edit]

infix n (plural infixe)

  1. infix

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Swedish[edit]

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Noun[edit]

infix n

  1. (linguistics) infix