preformative

a. 使预先形成的, 前缀的

词形变化

preformatives 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

  2. 1.

    Misspelling of performative.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to preformation.

  2. 2.

    Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.

  3. 3.

    of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.

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词源

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).

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