infix
Insert within word
An infix is a word element inserted into the middle of another word, rather than attached at the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix).
English has few true infixes, but expletive insertion functions this way: abso-fucking-lutely, fan-bloody-tastic.
In linguistics and computing, to infix means to insert something within a sequence rather than before or after it.
Set firmly within something
- intercalatedInserted between existing elements
- interposedInserted between other things
- insertedPut inside or between
- interpolateEstimate intermediate values
interspersed · nested · enclosed · internal · middle · medial · incorporate · implant
Smallest meaningful language unit
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- inflectionalRelating to word-form changes
- derivationalCreating words via affixes
agglutination · bound · lexeme · paradigm · morphological · conjugation · declension · flexion
System of written symbols
- operatorOne who works machinery
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- parenthesesCurved enclosing punctuation marks
precedence · arithmetic · binary · postfix · Polish · evaluation · parsing · operand
Rules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
- agreementShared position between parties
predicate · linguistic · analytic · synthetic · agglutinative · Tagalog · Khmer · Austronesian
Something that strengthens
- abso-bloody-lutelyEmphatic total agreement
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- emphasisStress given to something
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
slang · exclamatory · informal · vulgar
embedded
Set firmly within something
- intercalatedInserted between existing elements
- interposedInserted between other things
- insertedPut inside or between
interpolate · interspersed · nested · enclosed · internal · middle · medial · incorporate · implant · inject
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- inflectionalRelating to word-form changes
derivational · agglutination · bound · lexeme · paradigm · morphological · conjugation · declension · flexion
notation
System of written symbols
- operatorOne who works machinery
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- syntaxRules for arranging words
parentheses · precedence · arithmetic · binary · postfix · Polish · evaluation · parsing · operand · mathematical
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
agreement · predicate · linguistic · analytic · synthetic · agglutinative · Tagalog · Khmer · Austronesian · expletive
intensifier
Something that strengthens
- abso-bloody-lutelyEmphatic total agreement
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- emphasisStress given to something
colloquial · slang · exclamatory · informal · vulgar
- grammar termsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- linguistic unitsword, morpheme, phoneme, grapheme, syllable
- word partsroot, stem, base, prefixes, suffixes
- word propertiesroot, syllable, vowel, consonant, morpheme
- morphemesmorpheme, root, stem, -ed, -ing