"transfix" meaning in All languages combined

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        "(transitive) To fix or impale."
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        "(transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon."
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      "word": "Ehrfurcht einflößen"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prikovavam",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "приковавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "lävistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "fixieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "aufspießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaskolopízo",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "ανασκολοπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karfóno",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "καρφώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fix or impale",
      "word": "spetsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transfix"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with trans-",
    "English terms suffixed with -fix"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "trans",
        "3": "fix"
      },
      "expansion": "trans- + -fix",
      "name": "con"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "trans- + -fix",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "transfixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "transfix (plural transfixes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix"
        ],
        [
          "Semitic",
          "Semitic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages",
      "word": "插綴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages",
      "word": "插缀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "transfix"
}