"diffix" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "diffixe"
      },
      "expansion": "French diffixe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis-"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- +",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "affix",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of affix",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French diffixe, equivalent to dis- + clipping of affix.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diffixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "diffix (plural diffixes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with dis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Joachim Mugdan, “Units of word formation”, in Susan Olsen, Franz Rainer, editors, Word-Formation. An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 40.1), De Gruyter, page 267",
          "text": "Since a transfix -∅-i- with a zero vowel […] is not to everyone’s liking, it may be advisable to use a special term for the Semitic vowel patterns, e.g., diffix, leaving transfix for other affixes that are both disrupted and disrupting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word."
      ],
      "id": "en-diffix-en-noun-KK3Q4zwG",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "disfix"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪ.fɪks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diffix"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "diffixe"
      },
      "expansion": "French diffixe",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis-"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- +",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "affix",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "clipping of affix",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French diffixe, equivalent to dis- + clipping of affix.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diffixes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "diffix (plural diffixes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "disfix"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English clippings",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms prefixed with dis-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Joachim Mugdan, “Units of word formation”, in Susan Olsen, Franz Rainer, editors, Word-Formation. An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 40.1), De Gruyter, page 267",
          "text": "Since a transfix -∅-i- with a zero vowel […] is not to everyone’s liking, it may be advisable to use a special term for the Semitic vowel patterns, e.g., diffix, leaving transfix for other affixes that are both disrupted and disrupting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪ.fɪks/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diffix"
}