postfix

American  

[pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks] / poʊstˈfɪks, ˈpoʊst fɪks, ˈpoʊst fɪks /

verb (used with object)

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

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noun

1. something postfixed.

2. a suffix.

postfix British  

verb

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

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noun

1. a less common word for suffix

Other Word Forms

• postfixal adjective
• postfixial adjective

Etymology

Origin of postfix

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

Example Sentences

In the affixes, the superfix and prefix positions may as a general rule be regarded as wholly identical; also the subfix and postfix positions.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William

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

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

Here the wing affix to the right is certainly a postfix, the superfix is in the usual left to right order, and the main element written left to right, as in all its other instances.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William

And it will have to be a prefix, not a postfix; for what I may call the syntax of glyph formation must follow that of the speech.

From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by Gates, William

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah