postfix
/ˈpoʊst.fɪks/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To subject a sample to postfixation
noun
A suffix.
noun
In the Czech language, a suffix that is placed after the ending.
Example Sentences
- "Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו."
- "Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson."
- "An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fix English postfix From post- + fix.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/
- British English: /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/