# affix
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere), equivalent to ad- +‎ fix.

### Pronunciation

* (noun) IPA: /ˈæf.ɪks/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (verb) IPA: /əˈfɪks/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪks

### 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.
    Synonym: adfix
    Hyponyms: suffix, postfix
* (linguistic morphology, loosely) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
    Synonym: afformative
    Antonym: nonaffix
    Hypernyms: formative, formant, formans
    Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix
* (mathematics) The complex number $a+bi$ associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates $(a,b)$.
* (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

* adfix
* affix
* ambifix
* circumfix
* confix
* disfix
* duplifix
* infix
* interfix
* libfix
* postfix
* prefix
* prefixoid
* simulfix
* suffix
* suffixoid
* suprafix
* transfix
* clitic

#### Derived terms

* affixal
* affixation
* affixhood
* affixive
* affixoid
* separable affix

#### 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
    to affix a stigma to a person
    to affix ridicule or blame to somebody
** 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC: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.
    to affix a syllable to a word
    to affix a seal to an instrument
    to affix one’s name to a writing
* (transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
    eyes affixed upon the ground
** 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...

#### Derived terms

* affixable
* affixer
* affixion
* affixment
* reaffix

#### 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: /ˈɑ.fɪks/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: af‧fix

### Noun

affix n (plural affixen, diminutive affixje n)
* Affix (linguistics and mathematics)

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: afiks

## Swedish
### Noun

affix n
* an affix

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | affix | affix |
| singular | definite | affixet | affixets |
| plural | indefinite | affix | affix |
| plural | definite | affixen | affixens |