prefix
pree fiks
- n an affix that is added in front of the word
- v attach a prefix to
prefixed words
- This cablese, with its word contractions, its elaborate prefixes and suffixes, had nearly become a code; hence, the ban.
- The game became known as Tetris, a combination of the Greek prefix tetra and Pajitnov's favorite sport, tennis.
- A Malaysian Indian eatery has won an eight-year legal battle with American fast-food giant McDonald's to keep the prefix 'Mc' in its name.