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Meaning of Prefix | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɹiːfɪks

Definitions

  1. Something placed before another
  2. A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
  3. A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)
  4. A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
  5. An initial segment of a string of characters.

Equivalents

Afrikaans titel
Български представка
Čeština předpona prefix
Cymraeg rhagddodiad
Dansk præfiks
Ελληνικά πρόθημα προτάσσω
Español prefijo
فارسی پیشوند
Français préfix préfixe préfixer titre
Gaeilge réimír
Gàidhlig ro-leasachan
हिन्दी उपसर्ग
Magyar előtag
Հայերեն նախածանց
Bahasa Indonesia awalan prefiks
Íslenska forskeyti
Italiano prefissare prefisso
日本語 接頭語 接頭辞
ქართული პრეფიქსი
ខ្មែរ បុព្វបទ
한국어 접두사 접두어
Kurdî tîtel
Latina praefixum
Lietuvių priešdėlis
Latviešu priedēklis
Македонски претставка префикс
മലയാളം ഉപസർഗം
Bahasa Melayu awalan
မြန်မာဘာသာ ရှေ့ဆက်
Slovenščina predpona
Shqip parashtesë
Kiswahili kiambishi awali
Тоҷикӣ пешванд
Tagalog unlapi
Türkçe ön ek önek
Українська префікс

Examples

“The chosen prefixes won the vote in part because they start with the only two letters left in the alphabet that are not already used in measurement. The b for “bronto” is already used for bytes and h for “hella” is used for hecto, the prefix for 100.”
“in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number.”
“Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad”
“The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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