interfix

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English fix

English interfix

From inter- + fix.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fix

Noun

Examples
-i- in insectivore -o- in speedometer -n- in German Fugenlaut (“interfix”) -s- in Swedish fabriksarbetare (“factory worker”)

interfix (plural interfixes)

2. (linguistic morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.
   • 2004, Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics‎^[1], →ISBN, page 187:

     An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).

3. (linguistic morphology) A transfix.
4. (computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link.
   • 1959, Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms, page 19:

     LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix.

Coordinate terms

types of affixesedit

• adfix
• affix
• ambifix
• circumfix
• confix
• disfix
• duplifix
• infix
• interfix
• libfix
• postfix
• prefix
• prefixoid
• simulfix
• suffix
• suffixoid
• suprafix
• transfix

Translations

an empty morph inserted between two morphemes

• Afrikaans: invoegsel, interfiks
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 間綴 / 间缀

• Czech: interfix m
• Danish: bindebogstav (da) c, interfiks (da) n
• Dutch: invoegsel (nl) n, interfix (nl) n
• Finnish: interfiksi (fi)
• French: interfixe (fr) m
• Georgian: ინტერფიქსი (inṭerpiksi)
• German: Fugenelement (de) n
• Korean: 인터픽스 (inteopigsu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نێوانگِر (nêwangir)

• Macedonian: интерфикс m (interfiks)
• Norwegian: fugemorfem n, interfiks n
• Persian: میان‌وند (miyân-vand)
• Polish: międzyrostek (pl) m
• Portuguese: interfixo (pt) m
• Russian: и́нтерфикс (ru) m (ínterfiks) (formal), соедини́тельный а́ффикс m (sojedinítelʹnyj áffiks) (formal)
• Spanish: interfijo (es) m
• Swedish: fogemorfem (sv) n, interfix (sv) n
• Udmurt: висӥтэт (visitet)

Verb

interfix (third-person singular simple present interfixes, present participle interfixing, simple past and past participle interfixed)

1. (engineering, transitive) To attach or anchor (two or more parts) together.
   • 1932, Elmer G. Koch, "Collar Fastener", United States Patent 1915250 [2], page 2:

     Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws...

2. (linguistic morphology, transitive) To insert (an interfix) between two morphemes.
   • 2001, Wolfgang U. Dressler et al., “The Processing of interfixed German compounds”, in Yearbook of Morphology 1999‎^[3], →ISBN, page 185:

     Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent.

Derived terms

• interfixation

See also

• epenthesis
• infix
• Category:English interfixes

References

• “interfix”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Interfix, encyclopedia.com
• A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics by R.L. Trask
• Interfixes Preserve Syllables and Word Roots by Allen, Andrew, 1976
• Interfixation in German compounds: What factors govern acceptability judgements
• The Interfixation as a Morphological Process in Ngwa Igbo

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪntɛrfɪks]

Noun

interfix m inan

1. interfix

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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