infixation
UK/ɪnfɪkˈseɪʃən/
infixation noun: word formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
Noun
infixation (usually uncountable, plural infixations)
- Word formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
- As we have just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle infixations, circumfixations and truncations.1999 November 19, Markus Walther, “Alternative method: Lexical transducer plus intelligent copy module”, in One-Level Prosodic Morphology (Marburger Arbeiten zur Linguistik [Marburg Studies in...
- The state or quality of being infixed.
Forms of infixation
| plural | infixations |
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Origin of infixation
From infix + -ation.
Words formed from infixation
Questions about infixation
- What does infixation mean?
- Infixation means word formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
- What part of speech is infixation?
- Infixation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infixation?
- Infixation is pronounced /ɪnfɪkˈseɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of infixation?
- The plural of infixation is infixations.
Words near infixation in the dictionary
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