different between suffix vs infixa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffixum (“suffix”), from sub (“under, beneath”) + fixus, perfect passive participle of figere (“to fasten, fix”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?s?f?ks/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /?s?f?ks/, /s??f?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

suffix (plural suffixes)

1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

   Synonym: (narrow sense) affix

   Antonym: prefix

   Hypernym: (broad sense) affix

2. (mathematics) A subscript.
3. (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.

Usage notes

• The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in the Latin origin of the term.

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix

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See also

• Category:English suffixes

Verb

suffix (third-person singular simple present suffixes, present participle suffixing, simple past and past participle suffixed)

1. (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

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Further reading

• suffix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Verb

infixa

1. third-person singular past historic of infixer

Latin

Participle

?nf?xa

1. nominative feminine singular of ?nf?xus
2. nominative neuter plural of ?nf?xus
3. accusative neuter plural of ?nf?xus
4. vocative feminine singular of ?nf?xus
5. vocative neuter plural of ?nf?xus

Participle

?nf?x?

1. ablative feminine singular of ?nf?xus