Infix meaning

ĭn-fĭks
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(linguis.) A morpheme that is added within a word (Ex.: -o- in gemology)
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(linguistics) To insert (a morphological element) into the body of a word.
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(linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
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To fix in the mind; instill.
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The definition of infix is to fasten or insert.

An example of infix is to tie together two buttons.

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An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word. For example, in Tagalog, the active verb sulat, “write,” can be converted to a passive, “written,” by inserting the infix –in–, yielding sinulat.
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To fasten or set firmly in or on, esp. by inserting or piercing.
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To fix firmly in the mind; instill; implant.
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To place (an infix) within a word.
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To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.

To infix a sting, spear, or dart.

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(linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -i- and -o- in English. This adds additional meaning or alters the meaning of the morpheme it is inserted into.
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Origin of infix

  • Back-formation from Middle English infixed stuck in from Latin īnfīxus past participle of īnfīgere to fasten in in- in in–2 fīgere to fasten dhīgw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from Middle English infixed, stuck in, from Latin infixus, past participle of infigere, to fasten in.

    From Wiktionary

Infix Sentence Examples

  • Thus, in Sumerian we find such forms as numunnib-bi, " he speaks not to him," where the negative prefix nu and the verbal prefix mun are in harmony, but in dissimilation to the infix nib, " to him," and to the root bi, " speak," which are also in harmony.

  • They have the chief characteristics of the Polynesian, with Malay affinities, and peculiarities such as the use of suffixes and inseparable pronouns and, as in Tagal, of the infix to denote changes in the verb; in the west groups there is a tendency to closed syllables and double consonants, and a use of the palatals ch, j, sh, the dental th, and s (the last perhaps only in foreign words), which is alien to the Polynesian.

  • The infinitive often functions as a verbal noun, and as such can be the complement of another verb. infix see affix.

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