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List of prefixes
Prefix
see also: affix | Meaning | Example
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| a- | not | atonality, asexuality, amoral
| | ab- | away | abduction, absolutism
| | ac- | |
| | acro- | |
| | adeno- | |
| | aero- | air | aeronautics, aerodrome, aeroplane
| | agro- | |
| | an- | |
| | andro- | |
| | anemo- | |
| | Anglo- | English | Anglo-German relations
| | ante- | before | antebellum, antenatal, (before birth)
| | anthro- | relating to man | anthropomorphic
| | anti- | against | anti-European, antisocial
| | auto- | self | autonomy, autobiography, autopilot
| | baro- | |
| | bi- | two | bicycle, bilingual, bicameralism
| | biblio- | relating to books | bibliophilia, bibliography
| | bio- | relating to life | biology, biography, biosphere, biotechnology
| | blasto- | |
| | brady- | |
| | brom- | |
| | broncho- | |
| | caco- | |
| | cardio- | |
| | cent-, centi- | hundred | centenarian, centimeter, centipede
| | cephalo- | |
| | circum- | around | circumcision, circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference
| | cito- | |
| | co- | together | copilot, to coexist, cooperation
| | colpo- | |
| | con- | with, together | context, Congress, congregation
| | contra- | against, opposite | to contradict, to contraflow
| | cosmo- | | cosmopolitan
| | counter- | against, opposite | counterweight, Counter-Reformation
| | crino- | |
| | crio- | |
| | cripto- | |
| | croma- | |
| | crono- | |
| | dactilo- | |
| | de- | taking something away, the opposite | to defrost, to decentralize
| | deci- | one tenth | deciliter
| | demo- | people, nation | demographics, democracy
| | dermo- | |
| | di- | |
| | didacta | |
| | dinamo | |
| | dis- | reverse, opposite | to displease, to disembark
| | domo- | |
| | doxo- | |
| | eco- | house | economy, ecology
| | ecto- | |
| | edafo- | |
| | electro- | |
| | embrio- | |
| | encephalo- | |
| | endo- | |
| | entero- | |
| | epi- | |
| | ergo- | |
| | eritro- | |
| | eroto- | |
| | esclero | |
| | espasmo- | |
| | esperma- | |
| | esphero- | |
| | esphigmo- | |
| | espleno- | |
| | esquizo- | |
| | estafilo- | |
| | estilo- | |
| | estomato- | |
| | ethno- | |
| | eu- | good | eulogy, euthanasia, eugenics, euphemism
| | Euro- | European | Euro-MP (member of the European Parliament)
| | ex- | former | ex-wife, ex-president
| | exo- | |
| | extra- | very, more than usual, outside, beyond | extra-thin, extra-special extraordinary, extraterrestrial
| | fore- | before, in advance, foreground, forehead | to foretell, foreword
| | in-, il-, im-, ir- | not | infallibility, invalid, illegible, immoral, impatient, impossible, irregular, irrelevant
| | inter- | between, from oneto another | international, interracial
| | kilo- | thousand | kilogram, kilowatt
| | mal- | bad, badly | malpractice, malnutrition
| | maxi- | most, very large | maximum
| | mega- | million, very large | megabyte, megastar
| | micro- | one millionth, very small | microgram, microorganism, micronation
| | mid- | in the middle of | mid-afternoon, mid-air
| | milli- | thousanth | milligram, milliliter
| | mini- | small | miniskirt, minibus, miniseries
| | mis- | bad or wrong, not | to misunderstand, to misbehave, to miscalculate
| | mono- | one, single | monolith, monorail
| | multi- | many | multilingual
| | non- | not | nonsense, non-resident, non-smoker
| | non- | nine | nonabyte, none, nonagon
| | out- | more, to a greater degree | to outdo, to outrun
| | over- | more than normal, too much | to overeat, to oversleep, to overestimate
| | post- | after | postmodernity, postmodernism
| | pre- | before | prepaid, preview
| | pro- | for, in favour of | pro-European, pro-democracy
| | quad- | four | quadruple, quadruplet
| | re- | again | to rewrite, to rebuild
| | semi- | half | semicircle, semi-detached
| | sub- | below, less than, under | subset, subsonic, subway, subtitles
| | super- | extremely, more than | superhuman, supersonic
| | tele- | far, over a long distance | telecommunications, television, telephoto lens
| | trans- | across, though | transatlantic, transcontinental
| | tri- | three | triangle, tricolor, triptych
| | ultra- | extremely, beyond a certain limit | ultra-modern, ultraviolet
| | un- | not, opposite, take something away | uncertain, uncomfortable, unsure, to undo, to undress
| | uni- | one, single | uniform, unification
| | ur- | first, original |
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See also
Further reading
- Word Formation (=Collins Cobuild English Guides, Vol.2 (London, 1991) ( ISBN 0003705218 ).
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