prefixo

From Esperanto prefikso.

prefixo (plural prefixi)

1. prefix

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”)).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈfik.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈfik.so/
• Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xo

prefixo m (plural prefixos)

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

• (prefix): sufixo, radical

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

1. prefixed

   Synonym: prefixado