Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefix

/ˈpɹiːfɪks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fix
IPA: /ˈpɹiːfɪks/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something placed before another

noun

Something placed before another

noun

Something placed before another

noun

Something placed before another

verb

To determine beforehand; to set in advance.

Transitive verb

verb

To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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"."
"They duly arrived at the prefixed hour."
"But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire[…]."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix. Doublet of the archaic synonym prefixum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praefīxum, praefīxus, prefixen, prefixer

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

prefixes (plural) præfix (alternative, obsolete) prefixe (alternative, obsolete) prefixes (present, singular) prefixing (participle, present) prefixed (participle, past) prefixed (past)

Derived Forms

prefixal prefixhood prefixing prefixive prefixless ~ness prefixlike prefixness prefixoid pseudoprefix prefixable prefixation

Phrases

international call prefix metric prefix null prefix prefix code prefix coding prefix notation prefix tree separable prefix

Frequently Paired Words

fix pre- prefixion prepend coverb

Synonyms

forefix prefixum

Antonyms

suffix

Rhymes With

six politics fix mix picks comics pics tricks sticks matrix kicks remix

Questions

How do you pronounce prefix?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹiːfɪks/.
What does prefix mean?: Something placed before another
Where does prefix come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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