apanage
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈæpənɪdʒ/
Noun [edit]
apanage (plural apanages)
- A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
- 1942: they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1046)
- A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.
Translations [edit]
Grant as a birthright
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French apanage.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /apanaːsjə/, [apʰaˈnæːɕə]
Noun [edit]
apanage c (singular definite apanagen, plural indefinite apanager)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of apanage
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | apanage | apanagen | apanager | apanagerne |
| genitive | apanages | apanagens | apanagers | apanagernes |
External links [edit]
Apanage on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
