circumfix
Speech parts
1. circumfix - Noun
2. circumfix - Verb
Meaning
circumfix (plural circumfixes)
(grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.
Synonyms: ambifix, confix
circumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)
(grammar) Affix a circumfix to (a word).
Synonyms
Examples
Chukchi Chukchi uses a circumfix to express Comitative case.
Infix and circumfix are less so, as they are not important in European languages.