noun🔗ShareA morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English."Analyzing languages, the students learned that languages like Bontoc Igorot (from the Philippines) use infixes more productively than English, where examples like "fan-bloody-tastic" are relatively rare. "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English."Linguistics students learn that English rarely uses infixes, unlike some other languages where adding elements inside the word is common. "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in."to infix a sting, spear, or dart"languagelinguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo instill."The coach infixes a sense of teamwork and discipline into his players through rigorous practice and motivational speeches. "mindphilosophysoulChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert a morpheme inside an existing word."In linguistic analysis, some languages infixes grammatical markers directly into the middle of words, rather than adding prefixes or suffixes. "languagelinguisticsgrammarphoneticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
