Meanings
nouninfixation (usually uncountable, plural infixations)
plural infixations
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesWord formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
As we have just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle infixations, circumfixations and truncations.
Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University
1999 November 19, Markus Walther, “Alternative method: Lexical transducer plus intelligent copy module”, in One-Level Prosodic Morphology (Marburger Arbeiten zur Linguistik [Marburg Studies in Linguistics]; 1), Marburg: Institut fur Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg [Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University], →OCLC, page 57
Origin
Translations
French infixation
- infixationaddition of an infix
German Infigieren, Infigierung
- Infigierenaddition of an infix
- Infigierungaddition of an infix
- Infixationaddition of an infix
Portuguese infixação
- infixaçãoaddition of an infix
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infixation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infixation
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“infixation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infixation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infixation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infixation.
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