infix

Etymology

Back-formation from Middle English infixed, stuck in, from Latin infixus, past participle of infigere, to fasten in.

Pronunciation

Noun

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɪks/

• Audio (US) - noun

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Verb

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɪks/

• Audio (US) - verb

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪks

Verb

infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed)

1. (transitive) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.

   to infix a sting, spear, or dart

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   • Dryden

     The fatal dart a ready passage found, / And deep within her heart infixed the wound.

2. (transitive) To instill.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

Noun

infix (plural infixes)

1. (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
2. (linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English.

Related terms

• infix notation

See also

• postfix
• infix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fixin'

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /imˈfiks/

Noun

infix m (plural infixos)

1. (linguistics) infix

Adjective

infix (feminine infixa)

1. stuck, broken

Etymology

Borrowed from French infixe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈfiks]

Noun

infix n (plural infixe)

1. infix

Noun

infix n

1. (linguistics) infix