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zero prefix

noun

Etymology

From zero + prefix.

  1. derived from praefīxus
  2. derived from prefixer
  3. inherited from prefixen
  4. compounded as zero prefix — “zero + prefix”

Definitions

  1. The digit 0 that begins all telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, which is substituted…

    The digit 0 that begins all telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, which is substituted for the country code in the event of international calls.

  2. A prefix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the…

    A prefix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a prefix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised prefix to the point that it is inaudible).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for zero prefix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA