interfix
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
noun
A transfix.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws..."
- "Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English fix English interfix From inter- + fix.