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Meaning of circumfixation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌsəːkəmfɪˈkseɪʃən

Definitions

The morphological phenomenon of circumfixing.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“As we have⟳ just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle⟳ infixations, circumfixations and truncations.”

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CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Circumflex circumflex accent Circumflexes circumflexion circumfluence circumfusion

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