🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

词缀

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cízhuì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Affix/əˈfɪks/
nounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"词缀可以改变单词的词性或含义。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bound morpheme, such as a prefix or suffix, added to a root word to form a new word or alter its grammatical function.

    "The addition of the negative affix changes the entire meaning of the adjective."
As verb
  1. 1

    To attach, fasten, or stick something to something else.

    "Please affix your signature to the bottom of the official document."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin affixus, past participle of affigere (to attach to), formed from ad- (to) and figere (to fasten or fix). The term entered English in the 17th century through scholarly and grammatical discourse to describe bound morphemes attached to root words.

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