Dictionary

postfix en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fix English postfix From post- + fix.

Meanings

1. A suffix.
   • An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable. 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §9.4
   • Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson. 1843, George Moody, The English journal of education, volume 1, page 69:
2. In the Czech language, a suffix that is placed after the ending.

Forms

Deriveds

postfixal · postfix notation

Relateds

infix · reverse Polish notation

postfix en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fix English postfix From post- + fix.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To suffix.
   • Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו. 1762, John Parkhurst, An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points:
2. To subject a sample to postfixation

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