LISTA DE PREFIJOS EN INGLÉS

Prefix meaning example

a- not atypical
Anglo- English Anglo-German relations
ante- before antenatal (before birth)
anti- against anti-European, antisocial
auto- self autobiography
bi- two bicycle, bilingual, bimonthly
cent-, centi- hundred centenary, centimeter
circum- around to circumnavigate (to sail around)
co- together copilot, to coexist, cooperation
con- with, together context
contra- against, opposite to contradict, to contraflow
counter- against, opposite counterrevolution, counterproductive
taking something away, the
de- to defrost, to decentralize
opposite
deci- one tenth decilitre
dis- reverse, opposite to displease, to disembark
Euro-MP (member of the European
Euro- European
Parliament)
ex- former ex-wife, ex-president
1. very, more than usual extra-thin, extra-special
extra-
2. outside, beyond extraordinary, extraterrestrial
1. before, in advance to foretell, foreword
fore-
2. front foreground, forehead
in-, il-, im-, incorrect, invalid, illegible, immoral,
not
ir- impatient, impossible, irregular, irrelevant
between, from one to
inter- international, interracial
another
kilo- thousand kilogram, kilowatt
maxi- most, very large maximum
mega- million, very large megabyte, megastar
micro- one millionth, very small microgram, microorganism
mid- in the middle of mid-afternoon, mid-air
milli- thousanth milligram, millilitre
mini- small miniskirt, minibus, miniseries
to misunderstand, to misbehave, to
mis- bad or wrong, not
miscalculate
mono- one, single monolingual, monorail
multi- many multilingual
non- not nonsense, non-resident, non-smoker
more, to a greater
out- to outdo, to outrun
degree
more than normal, too to overeat, to oversleep, to
over-
much overestimate
post- after postwar
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, semidetached
1. below, less than subzero, subsonic
sub-
2. under subway, subtitles
super- extremely, more than superhuman, supersonic
telecommunications, television,
tele- far, over a long distance
telephoto lens
trans- across, though transatlantic, transcontinental
tri- three triangle, tricolour
extremely, beyond a certain
ultra- ultra-modern, ultraviolet
limit
not, opposite, taking uncertain, uncomfortable, unsure, to
un-
something away undo, to undress
uni- one, single uniform
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Suffix used to make meaning example

acceptable,
-able, -ible, -ble adjectives possible to noticable, convertible,
divisible, irresistible
-age nouns a process or state shortage, storage
experimental,
-al adjectives connected with accidental,
environmental
appearance,
an action, process
-ance, -ancy, nouns performance,
or state
pregnancy, constancy
a person who does assistant,
-ant, -ent nouns
it immigrant, student
examination,
-ation nouns a state or action imagination,
organization
a person to whom
-ee nouns employee, trainee
something is done
to give something a
-en verbs particular quality, to to strengthen
make something more
coincidence,
an action, process
-ence, -ency, nouns patience, potency,
or state
presidency
a person who does rider, painter,
-er nouns
something baker, builder, teacher
Japanese, Chinese,
-ese adjectives from a place
Viennese
a woman who does
-ess nouns waitress, actress
somthing as a job
having a particular beautiful, helpful,
-ful adjectives
quality useful, thankful
a state, often
childhood,
-hood nouns during a particular
motherhood
period of time
-ian nouns a person who does historian,
 something as a job or comedian, politician
hobby
adjectives
economical,
-ical from nouns ending connected with
mathematical, physical
-y or -ics
to produce a state beautify, simplify,
-ify verbs
or quality purify
1.describing English, Swedish,
nationality or language Polish
-ish adjectives 2.like something babyish, foolish
longish, youngish,
3.rather, quite
brownish
1.a person who has
studied something or scientist, typist
does something as a job
-ist nouns 2.a person who
believes in something capitalist, pacifist,
or belongs to a feminist
particular group
action, connection,
-ion nouns a state or process
exhibition
to be able to,
-ive adjectives having a particular active, effective
quality
to magnetize, to
actions producing a generalize, to
-ize, -ise verbs
particular state modernise, to
standardise
not having hopeless,
-less adjectives
something friendless
-like adjectives similar to childlike
badly, beautifully,
-ly adverbs in a particular way
completely
development,
a state, action or arrangement,
-ment nouns
quality excitement,
achievement
kindness, sadness,
-ness nouns a state or quality
happiness, weakness
 the study of a biology,
-ology nouns
subject psychology, zoology
a person who does
actor, conductor,
-or nouns something, often as a
sailor
job
having a particular dangerous,
-ous adjectives
quality generous, religious
membership,
-ship nouns showing status
citizenship, friendship
in a particular backwards,
-wards adverbs
direction upwards
-wise adverbs in a particular way anticlockwise
having the quality cloudy, rainy,
-y adjectives
of the thing mentioned fatty, thirsty, greenly