Affix

Definitions: Affix

Affix

Noun

1. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form.

Verb

1. Attach to; "affix the seal here".

2. Add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language".

3. Attach or become attached to a stem word; of grammatical morphemes.

Date "affix" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Language	A morpheme which has distinct meaning only when it is attached(prefixed, suffixed or infixed)to a word, to produce derivatives, inflectional forms or the basis of part or all of a paradigm. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An Affix is a morpheme that is attached to a base morpheme to form a word form. An affix can be a prefix (something attached at the front), a suffix (attached at the back), an infix (in between) or a circumfix (two parts, one in front, the other at the back). Affixes are bound morphemes by definition.

Affixes are essential in agglutination.

Example:

to establish (verb) + suffix -ment -> establishment (noun) (see derivation)

List of suffixes

Synonyms: Affix

Synonyms: add on (v), append (v), stick on (v), supplement (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Addition	Verb: add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce; (interpose); insert.
Adjunct	Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.
Junction	Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span.
Letter	Consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural. syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable; affix, suffix.
Numeration	Check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock; affix numbers to, page.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Affix Positions and Concurrences: The Paradigm Program (reference) Kazakh Grammar With Affix List (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The BSA also launched a Consumer Code for Electronics Equipment' to restrict harmful business practices by asking gray marketers to affix stickers to products, including software. (references)
		In the case of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) (directives 89/336 and 93/68), the manufacturing firm can affix the CE mark itself, using the same procedures and adhering to the requirements stated in the Official Gazette of the European Union for the EMC standard. (references)
		Conformity to EU standards is a self-certification process by which a company, including a U.S. company, needs to make a EU declaration of conformity (in French for France); affix the "CE" marking on the machinery; and issue a technical file and instruction handbook in French. (references)
Trade	Japan	Consequently, it is most common for Japanese importers to affix a label before or after clearing customs. (references)
	Uk	The entity responsible for placing products conforming to EU standards on the market must also affix a CE-mark. (references)
	Argentina	The importer must be registered in the INV and must request an import permit including volume and analysis number and must affix a sticker to each bottle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The powers exercised by the Federal Government would soon be regarded with jealousy by the State authorities, and originating as they must from implication or assumption, it would be impossible to affix to them certain and safe limits.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Affix" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.81% of the time. "Affix" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	73.81%	31	62,296
Lexical Verb (base form)	16.67%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	9.52%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	42	N/A

Expressions using "affix": affix a seal to ♦ affix a seal to a document ♦ affix numbers to ♦ affix one's signature ♦ affix one's signature to a document ♦ affix stamp ♦ extended Affix Grammar. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "affix": affix-stripping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "affix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		vasstel (attach, determine, fasten, fix, make, make fast, secure), vasmaak (attach, determine, fasten, fix, make, make fast, secure), bepaal (attach, command, confine, define, determine, fasten, fix, limit, make, make fast, order, qualify, restrict, secure, set, set conditions, stipulate, tell). (various references)

Albanian		afiks, ngulit (embed, implant, impress, imprint, inculcate), ngulis (embed, implant, impress, imprint, inculcate), ndajshtesë, fiksoj (arrange, assign, clinch, fasten, fix, freeze, hang, impress, Mount, nail, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, settle, stabilize). (various references)

Arabic		‏لصق (cement, fasten, fix, glue, gum, paste, patch, post, splice, stick, stick down, unite), ‏وضع ختمه على, ‏وضع (accentuate, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏أضاف (add, add up to, annex, append, guest, host, insert, reckon, schedule, subjoin, supplement, tack, tot). (various references)

Bulgarian		скрепвам, наставка (extension, particle, suffix), афикс, прутурям, приставка, прикрепям, прибавям (add, add in, add on, admix, append, eke out, interpolate, join, put in, stick in, superadd, supplement, tack, tag, tail, tail on, take on, throw in), прибавка (accession, accompaniment, add, addendum, addition, annex, annexe, appendage, appurtenant, augmentation, enlargement, insertion, inset, intercalation, supplement, tag), придавам (accrete, attach, lend), поставям (apply, deposit, do, laid, lay, pass, pitch, place, pose, posit, position, produce, put, put on, put up, set, set up, shrink on, site, situate, stage), допълнение (addendum, addition, adjunct, afterthought, amplification, annexe, complement, object, pendant, supplement). (various references)

Chinese		添� (Affixed, Affixing). (various references)

Czech		afix, připojit (add, annex, append, attach, connect, hook up, link, plug in, subjoin), připevnit (attach, belay, brace, fasten, fix, Mount, pin, pin down, strap, tag, tail), přilepit (attach, glue on, paste, paste on, stick), opatřit èím. (various references)

Danish		befæste (attach, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

Dutch		affix (bound form), aanhechtsel. (various references)

Esperanto		alfiksi (attach), afikso, postmeti (add), firmigi (fasten, fix, secure), fiksi (attach, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

Faeroese		festa (attach, determine, employ, fasten, fix, hire, make fast, secure). (various references)

Farsi		پیوستن (Adhere, Adjoin, Affiliate, Ally, Annex, Associate, Attach, Cement, Cleave, Cling, Connect, Couple, Join, Meet, Sort, Weld), چسبانیدن , ضمیمه کردن (Accompany, Annex, Attach, Tack), اضافه نمودن . (various references)

Finnish		affiksi (bound form), kiinnittää (attach, belay, berth, clamp, come alongside, determine, fasten, fix, grip, make fast, moor, mount, secure, set, set up, to build-in, to create a mortgage, to fix, to restrain). (various references)

French		affixe. (various references)

Frisian		fêstdwaan (attach, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

German		Affix (bound form), anbringen (attach, bring, bring home, bring with one, fasten, fetch, fit on, fit up, fix, fix on, fix up, hanging, install, locate, mount, put, put in, put on, to add, to affix, to attach, to mount). (various references)

Greek		πρόσφυμα (bound form, suffix). (various references)

Hebrew		לצרף (add, associate, attach, combine, join, tack, tag). (various references)

Hungarian		toldalék (addendum, annexe, appendage, appendices, appendix, codicil, ell, elongation, pendant, tag, tail piece). (various references)

Indonesian		afiks, menambahkan, membubuhkan (add, append, attach), membubuhi (add to). (various references)

Italian		fissare (appoint, arrange, assess, assign, attach, be fixed, bind, block, book, clamp, designate, destine, determine, establish, eye, fasten, fix, gaze, grip, implant, make, make fast, make firm, mount, name, peer, pin, pin down, plant, reserve, rivet, root, schedule, secure, set, set up, settle, stare, stipulate, to fasten). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		接辞 (prefixes and suffixes), 付 (append, giving to, refer to, submitting to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふ (append, captive, generally, giving to, instructor, minus, music, negative, negative prefix, non, note, pawn, prisoner, refer to, score, slave, submitting to, tutor, un, victim, widely), せつじ (prefixes and suffixes). (various references)

Korean		부착하십시�". (various references)

Manx		sniemmey (alligation, anchylosis, joining, knit, knot, knotting, noose, tie; knitting, tying), crogheydys (affix Gram.). (various references)

Pig Latin		affixay

Polish		ustalić, umocować. (various references)

Portuguese		afixo. (various references)

Romanian		fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune). (various references)

Russian		аффикс, прибавление (accession, addition, appendage), поставить подпись. (various references)

Scottish		snòd (affix a fishing hook to the line). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zalepiti (glue, glue up, paste, paste together, seal up), slog koji se dodaje reči, pridavati, pričvrstiti (attach, fasten, hitch, moor, nail, seal, stay), dodati (add, add to, annex, append, hand, lace, pass, reach, subjoin, tack), dodatak (add, addendum, addition, additive, adjunct, adulterant, annex, appendage, appendix, apposition, appurtenance, context, extra, insert, makeweight, overplus, plus, supplement). (various references)

Spanish		fijar (allowance, arrange, assign, attach, bed, clamp, determine, fasten, fix, focus, grip, make fast, mount, name, pin up, plaster, post, post up, put up, schedule, secure, set, set up, settle, take down, take to, take up, term), afijo (affixed, bound form). (various references)

Swedish		fästa (allfix, append, attach, cinch, commit, determine, fasten, fix, hitch, make fast, secure, stick, tag, tail, to stick), affix (bound form). (various references)

Turkish		atmak (beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), yapıştırmak (agglutinate, apply, bond, cement, conglutinate, fix, fixate, glue, gum, gunk up, paste, plant, post, post up, stick, stick together), takmak (attach, bother, fix, fixate, give a damn, hang, hang on, hitch, hook, infix, set, snag, stick, stock, string, thread, wear), takı (ending, formative, garniture, jewelery, ornament, ornamentation, particle, postposition, trappings), sonek (ending, suffix, terminal, termination), iliştirmek (append, attach, buckle, buckle on, buckle up, enclose, fasten, inclose, subjoin), eklemek (add, adjoin, annex, append, attach, insert, interlard, interpolate, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, suffix, superimpose, supplement, tack, throw in, write in), basmak (attack suddenly, break into, catch, come on, come upon, flood, flow, foray, impress, imprint, irrupt, jam, letter, press, print, publish, raid, sink, spit, spit out, stamp, stencil, step, step on, stomp, strike, strike off, transfer, tread, tread on, utter, weigh), önek (prefix). (various references)

Turkmen		affiks (r). (various references)

Ukranian		ставити підпис (set to), афікс, при�"днувати (add, adjoin, affiliate, aggregate, associate), прикріпляти (append, attach), придаток (adjunct, appendage, appendant, appendix, appurtenance, pendicle), додаток (addendum, adjunct, adjunction, annex, annexe, appendage, appendant, appendix, codicil, complement, enclosure, inclosure, object, supplement), додавати (add, add to, add together, add up, annex, append, augment, cumulate, eke, put, subjoin, sum, throw in). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự thêm v� o (accession, adjunction). (various references)

Welsh		atodi (add, append, augment), sicr.hau (affirm, assure, confirm, secure), olddodiad (suffix), gosod (allot, appoint, artificial, assign, attach, false, let, place, put, set). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	affigere, defigunt, defixae, defixi, defixisti, defixit, defixos, infigar, infixa, infixae, infixit, infixitque, infixum, infixus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "affix": affixable, affixal, affixation, affixations, affixed, affixer, affixers, affixes, affixial, affixing, affixment, affixments. (additional references)
	Words ending with "affix": reaffix. (additional references)
	Words containing "affix": reaffixed, reaffixes, reaffixing. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Affix" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acfis, afcf, afex, aff, affa, Affan, affe, affeed, affic, affict, affin, affiq, Affo, afi, Af-i, Afic, Afif, afin, afis, afit, afix, Arffin, Atfi, effi, Effix, fafir, Naffah, naffi, Yffi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "affix" (pronounced a"fiks or ufi"ks)
5	a" f i k s	demographics, graphics, micrographics, reprographics.
4	-f i k s	hieroglyphics, prefix, specifics, suffix.
3	-i k s	academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics.
4	-f i" k s	fix, transfix.
3	-i" k s	bricks, chicks, clicks, cliques, Dicks, flicks, Hicks, intermix, kicks, licks, mix, Nicks, Nix, picks, pix, pricks, ricks, six, slicks, sticks, ticks, tics, tricks, Wicks.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-f-i-x"
	-2 letters: aff, fax, fix, iff.
	-3 letters: ai, ax, fa, if, xi.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-f-i-x"
	+2 letters: affixal, affixed, affixer, affixes, fixatif, reaffix.
	+3 letters: affixers, affixial, affixing, fixatifs, suffixal.
	+4 letters: affixable, affixment, reaffixed, reaffixes.
	+5 letters: affixation, affixments, reaffixing.
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