prefixal

See also: préfixal

English

Etymology

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English prefix

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English prefixal

From prefix + -al.

Adjective

prefixal (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a form) That is modified by the addition of a prefix.
2. (linguistics, of a form) Taking the role of a prefix.
3. (linguistics, of a language) That tends to make use of prefixes (more than suffixes) to create grammatical forms; prefixing.

Derived terms

• prefixally

Catalan

Etymology

From prefix +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.fikˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.fikˈsal]

Adjective

prefixal m or f (masculine and feminine plural prefixals)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal

Portuguese

Etymology

From prefixo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.fikˈsaw/ [pɾe.fikˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fiˈksal/ [pɾɨ.fiˈksaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fiˈksal/ [pɾɨ.fiˈksaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.fiˈksa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xal

Adjective

prefixal m or f (plural prefixais, not comparable)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal

Further reading

• “prefixal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prefixal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préfixal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.fikˈsal/

Adjective

prefixal m or n (feminine singular prefixală, masculine plural prefixali, feminine/neuter plural prefixale)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal

Declension

Declension of prefixal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	prefixal		prefixală	prefixali	prefixale
	definite	prefixalul		prefixala	prefixalii	prefixalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	prefixal		prefixale	prefixali	prefixale
	definite	prefixalului		prefixalei	prefixalilor	prefixalelor