préfixer
French, verb/pʁe.fik.se/
préfixer is spelled P-R-É-F-I-X-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Préfixer is a French verb meaning “to prefix” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ajouter un préfixe (à un mot, en particulier)”.
What does préfixer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prefix
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ajouter un préfixe (à un mot, en particulier).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of préfixer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- préfixant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- préfixé participle past
- préfixe first-person indicative present
- préfixes indicative present second-person
- préfixons first-person indicative plural
- préfixez indicative plural present
- préfixent indicative plural present
- préfixais first-person imperfect indicative
- préfixait imperfect indicative singular
- préfixions first-person imperfect indicative
- préfixiez imperfect indicative plural
- préfixaient imperfect indicative plural
- préfixai first-person historic indicative
- préfixas historic indicative past
- préfixa historic indicative past
- préfixâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce préfixer?
- /pʁe.fik.se/
- \pʁe.fi.kse\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to préfixer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is préfixer in French?
préfixer appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).