Word info Synonyms

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).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

Chukchi Chukchi uses a circumfix to express Comitative case. Source: Internet

Infix and circumfix are less so, as they are not important in European languages. Source: Internet

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