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Meaning of interfix | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
  2. A transfix.
  3. An association link.

Equivalents

Čeština interfix
Ελληνικά ένθημα
Español interfijo
Français interfixe
한국어 인터픽스
Македонски интерфикс
Nederlands interfix invoegsel
Português interfixo

Examples

“An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).”
“LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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