appurtenance

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Alternative forms

• appurtenaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Old French apartenance, from apertenir, from Latin appertineō (“I belong, I appertain”).

Cognate to appertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

appurtenance (plural appurtenances)

1. An appendage added to something else.
2. (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
3. The thing to which another pertains.
4. (law) Minor property (such as an outhouse) that passes with the main property when it is sold.
5. (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

Synonyms

• contenement

Related terms

• appertain

Translations

appendage added to something else

• Finnish: liite (fi), lisäosa (fi)

equipment for some specific task

• Finnish: apuväline (fi)

thing to which another pertains

(law) minor property that passes with the main property

(language) modifer appended or prepended to another word to express belonging