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affix
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- +? fix.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?æ.f?ks/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?.?f?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
affix (plural affixes)
- That which is affixed; an appendage.
- Synonyms: addition, supplement; see also Thesaurus:adjunct
- (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
- Synonyms: suffix, postfix
- (linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
- Antonym: nonaffix
- Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix
- (mathematics) The complex number associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates .
- (decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
Coordinate terms
- (types of affixes): adfix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix
- clitic
Translations
Verb
affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)
- (transitive) To attach.
- Synonyms: join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
- Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food […]
- (transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
- (transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
- Look thou no further, but affix thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
Translations
Further reading
- affix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin affixum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f?ks/
- Hyphenation: af?fix
Noun
affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje n)
- Affix (linguistics and mathematics)
Swedish
Noun
affix n
- an affix
Declension
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shelter
English
Etymology
From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English s?ildtruma, s?yldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from s?yld, s?ield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- Rhymes: -?lt?(r)
Noun
shelter (plural shelters)
- A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
- An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)
- (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- (intransitive) To take cover.
- During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, helters, three Ls
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