prefixo

Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, 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”)). By surface analysis, pre- +‎ fixo.

prefixo m (plural prefixos)

1. (grammar) prefix (letters at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)
2. (telephony) prefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)

• (prefix): sufixo, raíz

• “prefixo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Esperanto prefikso.

prefixo (plural prefixi)

1. prefix

Borrowed from Late Latin praefixum, from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front, to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix, to fasten, to affix”)).

• Rhymes: -iksu
• Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xo

prefixo m (plural prefixos)

1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) prefix (letters at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)
2. (telephony) prefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)

• (prefix): sufixo, raiz/radical

prefixo (feminine prefixa, masculine plural prefixos, feminine plural prefixas, not comparable)

1. prefixed

   Synonym: prefixado

• “prefixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “prefixo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025