Prefix

//ˈpɹiːfɪks//

Synonyms for "prefix" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Strong matches (44)

Noun(2 words)
forefixforesyllable

Related words (73)

Noun(1 words)
prefixum
Verb(1 words)
prepone

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

27 entries

Showing 16 of 27 words.

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

18 entries

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

125 translations across 71 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • kode noun (telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number)
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiks noun (computing: initial segment of a string of characters)
  • titel noun (title added to a person's name)

Albanian

1 entries
  • parashtesë noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بَادِئَة noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • سَابِقَة noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նախածանց noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • прыста́ўка noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপসর্গ noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Breton

1 entries
  • rakger noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • предста́вка noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • префи́кс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • титла noun (title added to a person's name)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရှေ့ဆက် noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پێشگِر noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 前綴 /前缀 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • 詞頭 /词头 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Czech

1 entries
  • předpona noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Danish

1 entries
  • præfiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Dutch

4 entries
  • voorvoegsel noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • arrangeren verb (set or appoint beforehand)
  • op voorhand vastleggen verb (set or appoint beforehand)
  • regelen verb (set or appoint beforehand)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • antaŭafikso noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • antaŭvortero noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefikso noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiksi verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)

Estonian

1 entries
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Faroese

1 entries
  • forskoyti noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etuliite noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiksi noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • suuntanumero noun (telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number)
  • titteli noun (title added to a person's name)

French

4 entries
  • préfixe noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • préfixe noun (computing: initial segment of a string of characters)
  • titre noun (title added to a person's name)
  • préfixer verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თავსართი noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • პრეფიქსი noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

German

4 entries
  • Präfix noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • Vorsilbe noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • mit einem Präfix versehen verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)
  • präfigieren verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)

Greek

3 entries
  • πρόθημα noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • προτάσσω verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)
  • προτάσσω verb (set or appoint beforehand)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תְּחִלִּית noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Hindi

1 entries
  • उपसर्ग noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • előtag noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • forskeyti noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • awalan noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Irish

1 entries
  • réimír noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Italian

3 entries
  • prefisso noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefissare verb (put or fix before, or at the beginning of)
  • prefissare verb (set or appoint beforehand)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 接頭語 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • 接頭辞 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • префикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បុព្វបទ noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Korean

2 entries
  • 접두사 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • 접두어 noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • префикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Laki

1 entries
  • پێشوەن noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຳນຳໜ້າ noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Latin

2 entries
  • praefīxum noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • praeverbium noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Latvian

1 entries
  • priedēklis noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • priešdėlis noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • претставка noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • префикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Malay

1 entries
  • awalan noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഉപസർഗം noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • угтвар ᠤᠭᠲᠤᠪᠤᠷᠢ noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Māori

2 entries
  • kūmua noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • pīmua noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • pêşgir noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • forstavelse noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • forstaving noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • forled noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • forstaving noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • førefeste noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • førelekk noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Pashto

2 entries
  • سرينه noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • مختاړی noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Persian

1 entries
  • پیشوند noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Väasilb noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Polish

3 entries
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiks noun (computing: initial segment of a string of characters)
  • przedrostek noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Russian

2 entries
  • пре́фикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • приста́вка noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ro-leasachan noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prèfiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prédmetak noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • пре́дметак noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • прѐфикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Slovak

1 entries
  • predpona noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Slovene

2 entries
  • predpona noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Spanish

2 entries
  • prefijo noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • prefijo noun (telecommunications: set of digits placed before a telephone number)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiambishi awali noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förstavelse noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • unlapi noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Tajik

2 entries
  • пешванд noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • префикс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Tamil

1 entries
  • முன்னொட்டு noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Thai

1 entries
  • อุปสรรค noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ön ek noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)
  • önek noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • пре́фікс noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سابقہ noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • prefiks noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tiền tố noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Volapük

1 entries
  • foyümot noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhagddodiad noun (morpheme at the beginning of a word)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A curious German word is "entfernen" (to put some distance between), because the prefix "ent-" means to take something away, in this case the distance, but taking away the distance would mean to bring it closer which is the exact opposite of what the word "entfernen" means.

Source: tatoeba (637071)

The dialing prefix for Bulgaria is +359.

Source: tatoeba (2883740)

Relationship through marriage is indicated by the prefix "bo".

Source: tatoeba (3630697)

Dear native speakers. Please, assist me to compose an amount of sentences which describe a definite world. The world looks like this: 1. There is a red hard rough heavy box; 2. There is a green soft smooth light cube; 3. The box is bigger than the cube. Please, use the words from the list: Cube, green, soft, smooth, big, above, close, stand, fast, light, good; Box, red, hard, rough, small, under, far, move, slow, heavy, bad. Sentences can be of any length: from one word to 30 or more. Any suffix, prefix, conjunction, prepositions etc. can be used.

Source: tatoeba (6018399)

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