Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefixing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fix-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of prefix

adj

Of a language, characterised by heavy use of prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to suffixing.

noun

The act by which something is prefixed.

Inflected Forms

prefixings (plural)

Questions

What does prefixing mean?: present participle and gerund of prefix

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