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prefigation

prefigation noun: synonym of prefixation.

Noun

prefigation (plural prefigations)

  1. (rare) Synonym of prefixation.
    • Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]1974, JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
    • A common structure of Swedish verbs is to have a stem with fairly broad meaning and a set of prefigated forms with a narrower, lexicalized meaning. This prefigation of verbs is productive only to a very small extent, […]1990, Papers from the Institute of Linguistics, University of Stockholm
    Synonyms:
    prefixation
    Antonyms:
    suffigation

Synonyms of prefigation

Antonyms

Forms of prefigation

pluralprefigations

Origin of prefigation

From the present stem of Latin praefīgō (“to attach in front”) + -ation. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.

Questions about prefigation

What does prefigation mean?
Prefigation means synonym of prefixation.
What part of speech is prefigation?
Prefigation is a noun.
What is the plural of prefigation?
The plural of prefigation is prefigations.

Words near prefigation in the dictionary

  1. prefictional
  2. prefidence
  3. prefidences
  4. prefident
  5. prefield
  6. prefigation
  7. prefight
  8. prefigurable
  9. prefigurate
  10. prefigurated
  11. prefigurates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefigation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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