prefix

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• /ˈpɹiːfɪks/
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• /pɹiːˈfɪks/
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Borrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix. Doublet of the archaic synonym prefixum.

From Middle English prefixen, from Middle French prefixer, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorvoegsel — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Afrikaans: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Albanian: parashtesë — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Arabic: سَابِقَة (sābiqa) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Arabic: بَادِئَة (bādiʔa) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Armenian: նախածանց (naxacancʻ) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Azerbaijani: önlük — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Azerbaijani: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Azerbaijani: ön şəkilçi — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Belarusian: прыста́ўка (prystáwka) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Belarusian: прэ́фікс (préfiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Bengali: উপসর্গ (upośorgo) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Breton: rakger — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Bulgarian: предста́вка (predstávka) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Bulgarian: префи́кс (prefíks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Burmese: ရှေ့ဆက် (hre.hcak) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Carpathian Rusyn: пре́фикс (préfyks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 前綴 /前缀 (qiánzhuì) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞頭 /词头 (cítóu) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Czech: předpona — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Danish: præfiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Dutch: voorvoegsel — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Esperanto: antaŭafikso — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Esperanto: antaŭvortero — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Esperanto: prefikso — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Estonian: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Faroese: forskoyti — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Finnish: etuliite — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Finnish: prefiksi — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• French: préfixe — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Georgian: პრეფიქსი (ṗrepiksi) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Georgian: თავსართი (tavsarti) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• German: Präfix — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• German: Vorsilbe — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Greek: πρόθημα (próthima) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Hebrew: תְּחִלִּית (tkhilít) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Hindi: उपसर्ग (upsarg) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Hungarian: előtag — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Icelandic: forskeyti — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Indonesian: awalan — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Irish: réimír — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Italian: prefisso — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Japanese: 接頭辞 (settōji) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Japanese: 接頭語 (settōgo) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Kashmiri: گۄڈٕ لۆگ (gọḍụ log) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Kazakh: префикс (prefiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Khmer: បុព្វបទ (boppĕəʼbɑt) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Korean: 접두사 (jeopdusa) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Korean: 접두어 (jeopdueo) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Central Kurdish: پێشگِر (pêşgir) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Laki: پێشوەن (pêşwen) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Northern Kurdish: pêşgir — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Kyrgyz: префикс (prefiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Lao: ຄໍານໍາຫນ້າ (kham nam nā) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Latin: praeverbium — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Latin: praefīxum — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Latvian: priedēklis — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Lithuanian: priešdėlis — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Macedonian: претставка (pretstavka) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Macedonian: префикс (prefiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Malay: awalan — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Malayalam: ഉപസർഗം (upasaṟgaṁ) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Māori: pīmua — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Māori: kūmua — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Mongolian: угтвар (ugtvar) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Mongolian: ᠤᠭᠲᠤᠪᠤᠷᠢ (uɣtuburi) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Bokmål: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Bokmål: forstavelse — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Bokmål: forstaving — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førefeste — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forled — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førelekk — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forstaving — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førestaving — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Pashto: سرينه (sariná) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Pashto: مختاړی (mǝxtãṛay) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Iranian Persian: پیشْوَنْد (pišvand) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Plautdietsch: Väasilb — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Polish: przedrostek — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Polish: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Russian: приста́вка (pristávka) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Russian: пре́фикс (préfiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Sanskrit: उपसर्ग (upasarga) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-leasachan — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: прѐфикс — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дметак — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: prèfiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: prédmetak — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Slovak: predpona — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Slovene: predpona — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Slovene: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Spanish: prefijo — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Swahili: kiambishi awali — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Swedish: förstavelse — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Tagalog: unlapi — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Tajik: префикс (prefiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Tajik: пешванд (pešvand) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Tamil: முன்னொட்டு (muṉṉoṭṭu) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Thai: อุปสรรค (ùp-bpà-sàk) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Turkish: önek — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Turkish: ön ek — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Turkmen: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Ukrainian: пре́фікс (préfiks) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Ukrainian: при́росток (prýrostok) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Ukrainian: приста́вка (prystávka) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Urdu: سابِقَہ (sābiqa) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Uyghur: ئالدى قوشۇمچە (aldi qoshumche) — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Uzbek: prefiks — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Vietnamese: tiền tố — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Volapük: foyümot — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Welsh: rhagddodiad — morpheme at the beginning of a word
• Afrikaans: kode — telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number
• Finnish: suuntanumero — telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number
• Spanish: prefijo — telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number
• Afrikaans: titel — title added to a person's name
• Bulgarian: титла (titla) — title added to a person's name
• Finnish: titteli — title added to a person's name
• French: titre — title added to a person's name
• Afrikaans: prefiks — computing: initial segment of a string of characters
• French: préfixe — computing: initial segment of a string of characters
• Polish: prefiks — computing: initial segment of a string of characters
• Dutch: voorvoegen — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• Esperanto: prefiksi — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• French: préfixer — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• German: präfigieren — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• German: mit einem Präfix versehen — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• German: voranstellen — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• Greek: προτάσσω (protásso) — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• Italian: prefissare — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• Spanish: prefijar — put or fix before, or at the beginning of
• Dutch: op voorhand vastleggen — set or appoint beforehand
• Dutch: arrangeren — set or appoint beforehand
• Dutch: regelen — set or appoint beforehand
• French: préfixer — set or appoint beforehand
• Greek: προτάσσω (protásso) — set or appoint beforehand
• Italian: prefissare — set or appoint beforehand