"affixation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: affixations [plural]
Etymology: affix + -ation Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|affix|ation}} affix + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun}} affixation (plural affixations)
  1. (linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: affixion Derived forms: affixational Translations (addition of an affix): affixation [feminine] (French), Affigieren [neuter] (German), Affigierung [feminine] (German), Affixation [feminine] (German), аффиксация (affiksasiä) (Kazakh), afiksacja [feminine] (Polish), afixação [feminine] (Portuguese), uambishaji (Swahili)

Inflected forms

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