prefix
pronunciation
How to pronounce prefix in British English:
UK [ˈpriːfɪks]
How to pronounce prefix in American English:
US [ ˈpriːfɪks]
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- Noun:
- an affix that added in front of the word
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- Verb:
- attach a prefix to
Word Origin
- prefix
- prefix: see fix
- prefix (n.)
- 1640s, from Latin praefixum, noun use of neuter past participle of praefigere "fix in front, fasten on before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + root of figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)).
- prefix (v.)
- early 15c., "appoint beforehand," from Middle French prefixer, from pre- (see pre-) + fixer (see fix (v.)). Meaning "to place at the beginning" is from 1530s; of words or parts of words from c. 1600. Related: Prefixed; prefixing.
Example
- 1. Don 't allow a table prefix when using database tables
- 2. Each has four points , as implied by the " tetra " prefix .
- 3. If you specify url without protocol : / / prefix , curl will attempt to guess what protocol you might want .
- 4. Some people like to prefix with an exclamation point or a semicolon , rather than wrapping the whole thing in parentheses .
- 5. He is called the fat controller - the prefix " fat " added less to signify the size of his empire than the size of his girth .