Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefigation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fi-ga-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of prefixation.

Example Sentences

"Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]"
"A common structure of Swedish verbs is to have a stem with fairly broad meaning and a set of prefigated forms with a narrower, lexicalized meaning. This prefigation of verbs is productive only to a very small extent, […]"
"For such perfectivization by means of lexical prefigation, see the productive prefixal paradigms in Modern Russian, […]"

Etymology

From the present stem of Latin praefīgō (“to attach in front”) + -ation. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praefīgō
Suffix: Latin praefīgō (“to attach in front”)

Inflected Forms

prefigations (plural)

Synonyms

prefixation

Antonyms

suffigation

Questions

What does prefigation mean?: Synonym of prefixation.
Where does prefigation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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