prefixo
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈfi.ki.su/
prefixo is spelled P-R-E-F-I-X-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prefixo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prefix (morpheme at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of prefixar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte inicial de uma palavra”.
What does prefixo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprefix (morpheme at the beginning of a word used to modify its meaning)
- 2
masculineprefix, area code (numbers prefixed to a telephone number to indicate the location of the telephone line)
adjective
- 1
prefixed
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of prefixar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte inicial de uma palavra 2. subpalavra encontrada no começo de outra palavra 3. algarismos iniciais comuns às linhas telefônicas de uma região
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prefixo
- prefixos plural
- prefixa feminine
- prefixas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prefixo?
- Brazil /pɾeˈfi.ki.su/
- Brazil /pɾeˈfik.su/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈfik.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prefixo in Portuguese?
prefixo appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).