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circumfix

circumfix

English

Pronunciation

  • (noun):
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəːkə****ɪks/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɚkə****ɪks/
  • (verb):

Noun

circumfix (plural circumfixes)

  1. (grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.

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Verb

circumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)

  1. (grammar) Affix a circumfix to (a word).

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪrkʏ****ɪks/

Noun

circumfix n (plural circumfixen, diminutive circumfixje n)

  1. (grammar) circumfix