Meanings
nouncircumfix (plural circumfixes)
plural circumfixes
- grammarAn affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.
verbcircumfix (third-person singular simple present circumfixes, present participle circumfixing, simple past and past participle circumfixed)
present singular third person circumfixes · participle present circumfixing · participle past circumfixed · past circumfixed
- transitivegrammarTo affix a circumfix to (a word).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian циркумфикс
- циркумфикс (cirkumfiks)affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Catalan circumfix
- circumfixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Chinese Mandarin 環綴 /环缀, 加上環綴 /加上环缀
- 環綴 /环缀 (huánzhuì)affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- 加上環綴 /加上环缀 (jiāshàng huánzhuì)add a circumfix
Czech cirkumfix
- cirkumfixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Danish cirkumfiks
- cirkumfiksaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Dutch circumfix, discontinu affix
- circumfixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- discontinu affixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- omvoegselaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- circumfigerenadd a circumfix
Esperanto cirkumfikso, ĉirkaŭafikso
- cirkumfiksoaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- ĉirkaŭafiksoaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Finnish sirkumfiksi, liittää sirkumfiksi
- sirkumfiksiaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- liittää sirkumfiksiadd a circumfix
French circonfixe
- circonfixeaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
German Zirkumfix, zirkumfigieren
- Zirkumfixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- zirkumfigierenadd a circumfix
Greek υπέρθημα
- υπέρθημα (ypérthima)affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Italian circonfisso
- circonfissoaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Japanese 接周辞
- 接周辞 (sesshūji)affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Malay apitan
- apitanaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Norwegian Bokmål sirkumfiks, cirkumfiks
- sirkumfiksaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- cirkumfiksaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Polish okołorostek
- okołorostekaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Portuguese circunfixo
- circunfixoaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Romanian confix
- confixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Russian циркумфи́кс
- циркумфи́кс (cirkumfíks)affix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Spanish circunfijo, circunfijar
- circunfijoaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
- circunfijaradd a circumfix
Swedish cirkumfix
- cirkumfixaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Tagalog kabilaang-lapi
- kabilaang-lapiaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Welsh cylchddodiad
- cylchddodiadaffix with both a prefixing and suffixing element
Cite this entry
APA
circumfix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfix
MLA
“circumfix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfix. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumfix,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumfix.
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