postfix

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
20
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpəʊst.fɪks/ (UK)
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/ˈpəʊst.fɪks/ (UK) · /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/ (US)

Definition of postfix

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To suffix.
    “Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To suffix.
    “Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו.”
  2. To subject a sample to postfixation

noun

  1. A suffix.
    “Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson.”
    “An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable.”
  2. In the Czech language, a suffix that is placed after the ending.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From post- + fix.

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