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{{also|Affix}}
==English==
[[File:Image from page 125 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia (1897) (14598506588).jpg|thumb|upright|'''Affixes'''. Italo-Greek Vase in the Campana Collection (Louvres Museum)]]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|affixus}}, [[perfect passive participle]] of {{m|la|affigere}} (from {{m|la|ad-}} + {{m|la|figere}}), equivalent to {{prefix|en|ad|fix}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈæf.ɪks/|a=noun}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affix (noun).wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈfɪks/|a=verb}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affix (verb).wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪks|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# That which is affixed; an [[appendage]].
#: {{syn|en|addition|supplement|Thesaurus:adjunct}}
# {{lb|en|linguistic morphology}} A [[bound morpheme]] added to the word’s [[stem]]'s end.
#: {{syn|en|adfix}}
#: {{hypo|en|suffix|postfix}}
# {{lb|en|linguistic morphology|broadly}} A [[bound morpheme]] added to a word’s [[stem]]; a [[prefix]], [[suffix]]{{,}} etc.
#: {{syn|en|afformative}}
#: {{ant|en|nonaffix}}
#: {{hyper|en|formative|id1=noun|formant|formans}}
#: {{hypo|en|prefix|suffix|infix|circumfix|suprafix}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} The [[complex number]] <math>a+bi</math> associated with the point in the [[Gauss plane]] with coordinates <math>(a,b)</math>.
# {{lb|en|decorative art}} Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.

====Coordinate terms====
{{list:affixes/en}}
* {{l|en|clitic}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|affixal|affixation|affixhood|affixive|affixoid|separable affix}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|that which is affixed}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прибавка}}, {{t+|bg|придатък}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|afix|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|附加物|tr=fùjiāwù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|afix}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|affix|n}}, {{t+|nl|aanhangsel|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lisä}}, {{t+|fi|lisäke}}, {{t+|fi|uloke}}
* French: {{t+|fr|affixe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Anhang|m}}, {{t+|de|Anhängsel|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσθήκη|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|付属物|tr=ふぞくぶつ, fuzokubutsu|sc=Jpan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|кошулма}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|afixo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|afix|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|добавле́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|дополне́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|прида́ток|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|додатак|m}}, {{t+|sh|dodatak|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kiambishi}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|maylapi}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|àfòmọ́}}
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{{trans-see|suffix}}

{{trans-top|linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|affiks}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَفِكْس}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ածանց}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|şəkilçi}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наставка}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|afix|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|詞綴|tr=cízhuì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|afix|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|affiks}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|affix|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|afikso}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|affiksi}}, {{t+|fi|liite}}
* French: {{t+|fr|affixe|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|აფიქსი|s}}
* German: {{t+|de|Affix|n}}, {{t|de|Zusatzsilbe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παράθημα|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מוּסָפִית|m|tr=musafít}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|toldalék}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|aðskeyti}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|imbuhan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|confisso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|接辞|tr=せつじ, setsuji}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қосымша}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ផ្នត់|tr=phnott|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|접사(接辭)}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кошумча}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|dēklis|m}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|affiks|n}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|formant|m}}, {{t+|pl|zrostek|m}}, {{t+|pl|afiks|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|afixo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|afix|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|а́ффикс|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|leasachan|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|афикс|m}}, {{t+|sh|afiks|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|pona|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|afijo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|affix|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|panlapi}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ప్రత్యయము}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|phụ tố}} ({{t|vi|輔素}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|yümot}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|stitchete|f}} {{qualifier|neologism}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|dodiad|m}}
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{{trans-top|mathematics: the complex number associated to a point}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|affix|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|afix|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|а́ффикс|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kiambishi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[attach]].
#: {{syn|en|join|put together|unite|Thesaurus:join}}
#: {{co|en|to '''affix''' a stigma to a person}}
#: {{co|en|to '''affix''' ridicule or blame to somebody}}
#* {{RQ:Ray Wisdom
|passage=Should they [caterpillars] '''affix''' them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[subjoin]], [[annex]], or add at the close or end; to [[append]] to.
#: {{co|en|to '''affix''' a syllable to a word}}
#: {{co|en|to '''affix''' a seal to an instrument}}
#: {{co|en|to '''affix''' one’s name to a writing}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fix]] or [[fasten]] [[figuratively]]; with ''on'' or ''upon''.
#: {{co|en|eyes '''affixed''' upon the ground}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1596|author=w:Edmund Spenser|title=An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
|passage=Look thou no further, but '''affix''' thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|affixable|affixer|affixion|affixment|reaffix}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to attach}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прикрепям}}, {{t+|bg|закрепвам}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vastmaken}} {{t+|nl|aan}}, {{t+|nl|aanhangen}}
* German: {{t+|de|befestigen}}, {{t+|de|anheften}}, {{t+|de|anbringen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κολλάω}}, {{t+|el|κολλώ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|طاقمق|tr=takmak}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|afixar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прикрепля́ть}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fijar}}, {{t+|es|pegar}}, {{t+|es|afijar}}
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

{{cln|en|heteronyms}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Ultimately from {{der|nl|la|affixum}}. {{etystub|nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈɑ.fɪks/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-affix.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|af|fix}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|n|-en|+}}

# [[#English|Affix]] {{gloss|linguistics and mathematics}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|id|bor=1|afiks}}

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# an {{l|en|affix}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero|genitive=}}