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ambifix

ambifix noun: a string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.

Noun

ambifix (plural ambifixes)

  1. A string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.
  2. A bound morpheme that can be used either as a prefix or suffix.
  3. A circumfix.

Verb

ambifix (third-person singular simple present ambifixes, present participle ambifixing, simple past and past participle ambifixed)

  1. To affix an ambifix to (a word).
    • Examples of such other methods are intercalation, as in Semitic, and what might be called ambifixing, where an affix has two parts, one of which precedes the entire root, while the other follows.1966, Universals of Language
    • These markers are suffixed, prefixed, infixed and even at times ambifixed.2008, Anderson, Gregory D. S, The Munda Languages

Forms of ambifix

Noun
pluralambifixes
Verb
third-person singular presentambifixes
present participleambifixing
past participleambifixed
pastambifixed

Origin of ambifix

From ambi- + -fix.

Questions about ambifix

What does ambifix mean?
Ambifix means a string of characters used for both prefix and suffix.
What part of speech is ambifix?
Ambifix can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ambifix?
The plural of ambifix is ambifixes.

Words near ambifix in the dictionary

  1. ambient-like
  2. ambiently
  3. ambientness
  4. ambients
  5. ambies
  6. ambifix
  7. ambifixed
  8. ambifixes
  9. ambifixing
  10. ambigender
  11. ambigendered

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