English-French translations for prefix

• préfixe
  Chacun sait qu'utiliser l'appellation "Macédoine" sans aucun préfixe déclenche des objections insurmontables de la part de la Grèce. Everyone knows that using the name Macedonia without any prefixes will meet with insuperable objections from Greece.
  Nous devons veiller à être présents quand le préfixe «nano» - qui signifie «nain» ou «gnome» - donnera naissance à un géant du XXIe siècle. We must ensure that we are present when the prefix ‘nano’ – meaning ‘dwarf’ or ‘gnome’ – gives birth to a giant of the 21st century.
• préfixer
• titre

Definition of prefix

• Something placed before another
• To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
• To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

Examples

• in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number
• Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad
• The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra

Related words

• prefixal
• prefixlike
• prefixation
• semi-prefix
• prefix notation
• prefix forming
• prefix condition
• separable prefix
• verbal prefix