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Yes. The word prefix is a Scrabble US word. The word prefix is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word prefix is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PREFIX,

5-letter words (4 found)

FIXER,PREIF,PRIEF,REFIX,

4-letter words (9 found)

FIER,FIRE,PERI,PIER,PREX,REFI,REIF,RIFE,RIPE,

3-letter words (17 found)

ERF,FER,FIE,FIR,FIX,IRE,PER,PIE,PIR,PIX,PRE,REF,REI,REP,REX,RIF,RIP,

2-letter words (9 found)

EF,ER,EX,FE,IF,PE,PI,RE,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 41 words from prefix according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prefix

prefix

Alternative forms

  • præfix (obsolete)
  • prefixe (for the verb; obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prefixer (verb) resp. Late Latin praefixum (noun), both from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)), equivalent to pre- +‎ -fix.

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːfɪks/, /pɹɛˈfɪks/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːfɪks/, /pɹiːˈfɪks/, /pɹɛˈfɪks/
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

prefix (plural prefixes)

  1. Something placed before another
    1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
      Synonyms: (rare) foresyllable, (archaic) prefixum
      Antonym: suffix
      Hypernyms: (broad sense) affix, morpheme
    2. (telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)
    3. A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
    4. (computing) An initial segment of a string of characters.

Usage notes

  • Though much less common, a plural form prefices is seen as well, apparently formed by analogy with index–indices, appendix–appendices, and so on, but it is not a standard plural and has no basis in Latin.

Synonyms

  • forefix (rare)

Coordinate terms

  • (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, disfix, duplifix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefixoid, simulfix, suffix, suffixoid, suprafix, transfix

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prefix (third-person singular simple present prefixes, present participle prefixing, simple past and past participle prefixed)

  1. (transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance. [from 15thc.]
  2. (transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:English nationality prefixes
  • Category:English prefixes
  • coverb

Further reading

  • prefix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “prefix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “prefix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • perfix

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾəˈfiks]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pɾeˈfiks]

Noun

prefix m (plural prefixos)

  1. prefix

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛfɪks]
  • Rhymes: -ɪks
  • Hyphenation: pre‧fix

Noun

prefix m inan

  1. prefix
    Synonym: předpona

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • prefix in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • prefix in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpreːfɪks/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from post-Classical Latin praefixum, nominal use of the neuter form of Classical Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) — the noun directly thence, whereas the adjective via French préfixe.

Alternative forms

  • praefix (archaic)

Noun

prefix n or m (plural prefixen, diminutive prefixje n)

  1. prefix
    Synonym: voorvoegsel
    Antonyms: suffix, achtervoegsel

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

prefix (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) fixed, predetermined
Inflection

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus.

Noun

prefix m

  1. (grammar) prefix

Related terms

  • sufix

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préfixe, from Latin praefixus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈfiks/

Noun

prefix n (plural prefixe)

  1. prefix
    Antonym: sufix

Declension

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

prefix n

  1. (grammar) prefix

Declension


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