postfix

[pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks]

verb (used with object)

1. to affix at the end of something; append; suffix.

noun

1. something postfixed.

2. a suffix.

postfix

verb

1. (tr) to add or append at the end of something; suffix

noun

1. a less common word for suffix

Other Word Forms

• postfixal adjective
• postfixial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of postfix¹

1795–1805; post- + -fix, modeled on prefix

Example Sentences

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

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The postfixes themselves no doubt were originally notional terms worn down in form and meaning, so as to express mere abstract relation, as in the Magyar vel = with, from veli = companion.

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The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24.

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It is also used as a postfix to denote motion towards the object to which it is joined.

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Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow.

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