prefixal

From prefix + -al.

prefixal (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a form) That is modified by the addition of a prefix.
2. (linguistics, of a form) Taking the role of a prefix.
3. (linguistics, of a language) That tends to make use of prefixes (more than suffixes) to create grammatical forms; prefixing.

• prefixally

From prefix +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.fikˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.fikˈsal]

prefixal m or f (masculine and feminine plural prefixals)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal

From prefixo +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pre‧fi‧xal

prefixal m or f (plural prefixais, not comparable)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal

• “prefixal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prefixal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French préfixal.

• IPA^(key): /pre.fikˈsal/

prefixal m or n (feminine singular prefixală, masculine plural prefixali, feminine/neuter plural prefixale)

1. prefixal

   Antonym: sufixal