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prefixal

prefixal adjective: that is modified by the addition of a prefix.

Adjective

prefixal (not comparable)

  1. That is modified by the addition of a prefix.
  2. Taking the role of a prefix.
  3. That tends to make use of prefixes (more than suffixes) to create grammatical forms; prefixing.

Origin of prefixal

From prefix + -al.

Words formed from prefixal

Questions about prefixal

What does prefixal mean?
Prefixal means that is modified by the addition of a prefix.
What part of speech is prefixal?
Prefixal is an adjective.

Words near prefixal in the dictionary

  1. prefix tree
  2. prefix trees
  3. prefix'd
  4. prefixa
  5. prefixable
  6. prefixal
  7. prefixally
  8. prefixation
  9. prefixational
  10. prefixations
  11. prefixative

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