infix

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”). === Pronunciation === Noun (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɪks/ Verb (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɪks/, /ˈɪnfɪks/ Rhymes: -ɪks === Verb === infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed) (transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. Book 1, in Fables, Ancient and Modern, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 11,[1] (transitive) To instill. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === infix (plural infixes) (linguistics) An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation. (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. (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. (proscribed) Synonym of interfix. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === anastomosis postfix Category:English infixes === Further reading === infix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “infix”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “infix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “infix”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “infix”, in Collins English Dictionary. “infix” (US) / “infix” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. Eugene E. Loos [et al.], editors (2003), “infix”, in Glossary of Linguistic Terms, Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. === Anagrams === fixin' == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfixus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iɱˈfiks] === Noun === infix m (plural infixos) (linguistics) infix == Old Occitan == === Adjective === infix (feminine infixa) stuck, broken == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French infixe, from Latin infixus. Doublet of înfipt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [inˈfiks] === Noun === infix n (plural infixe) infix ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== afix prefix sufix == Swedish == === Noun === infix n (linguistics) infix