Actually neither, although coming "before" (pre-) it would have to be a prefix.Airport is a compound word formed from two nouns, air+port, and having a specific meaning. Compounds can also be formed with adjectives and nouns (hard+ware) or verbs and nouns, especially the gerund form (breast+feeding).(see the related link)
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The suffix of the word government is -ment. It has no prefix.
The types of nouns are: Singular or plural nouns Common or proper nouns Concrete or abstract nouns Possessive nouns Collective nouns Compound nouns
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No, "s" is not a prefix. It is not added to the beginning of words to change their number or part of speech. It can, however, be considered a suffix, in that it changes many singular nouns to plural nouns.
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In language, "em" can function as both a prefix and a suffix. As a prefix, it is often used to indicate "in" or "within." For example, "embrace" means to hold someone tightly "within" your arms. As a suffix, "em" is typically used in nouns to refer to a person involved in a specific activity or profession, such as "poet-em" or "journalist-em."
The spelling -arium is a prefix added to a noun to indicate a collection, or a structure in which a subject is housed or studied. Notable nouns are planetarium, aquarium, and herbarium.
The adjectives octagonal and octangular are examples of words that begin with the Greek and Latin prefix 'octa-'. Another example is the adjective/noun octavo. The nouns octahedron, octant, and octave are still other examples.
Actually neither, although coming "before" (pre-) it would have to be a prefix.Airport is a compound word formed from two nouns, air+port, and having a specific meaning. Compounds can also be formed with adjectives and nouns (hard+ware) or verbs and nouns, especially the gerund form (breast+feeding).(see the related link)
Since micro is an adjective, it would not take a suffix, BUT would and does have nouns added to it to make new words, e.g. micrometer, microdot, microwave etc. Thus, micro is used as a prefix, and we can safely say a prefix cannot have a suffix added to it.
Courage is the root word. This word cannot be split up into more parts and still keep any meaning. "Cou-" is not a prefix, and therefore cannot be a prefix on the word "rage". "-ous" is added to nouns (such as courage) to make them into adjectives.
If you are defining 'an' as a prefix, as for example in the word 'anodyne', it cannot belong to any of the recognised parts of speech (for example, nouns or verbs) as prefixes have no independent existence. It can only be defined as a prefix.The word 'prefix' itself is a noun.However, if you are asking what part of speech the word'an' is, the answer is an article - the indefinite article as used before a vowel sound, to be precise.
If you are defining 'an' as a prefix, as for example in the word 'anodyne', it cannot belong to any of the recognised parts of speech (for example, nouns or verbs) as prefixes have no independent existence. It can only be defined as a prefix.The word 'prefix' itself is a noun.However, if you are asking what part of speech the word'an' is, the answer is an article - the indefinite article as used before a vowel sound, to be precise.
Laudatory, using the suffix (-tory) common in Latin ''loanwords''; adjectival derivatives of ''agent'' nouns and verbs ending in (-tor).