attachment

English

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Etymology

From French attachement, equivalent to attach +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈtætʃmənt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable; plural attachments)

1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
   • 2005, Rebecca N. Baergen, Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta, page 71:

     The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.

2. A strong bonding towards or with.

   I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

3. A dependence, especially a strong one.
   • 2003, Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug, page 63:

     Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.

4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
   • 1978, Walter H. Wager, Time of reckoning, page 194:

     Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]

5. The means by which something is physically attached.
   • 2012, Sinikka Elliott, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers, page 46:

     [The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.

6. (computing) A file sent along with an email.
7. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

   attachment of earnings

8. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
   • 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

Translations

strong bonding towards or with

• Bulgarian: вярност (bg) (vjarnost), привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost)
• Finnish: kiintymys (fi)
• Greek: αφοσίωση (el) (afosíosi) f

• Italian: legame (it) m
• Russian: привязанность (ru) (privjázannostʹ) f, верность (ru) (vérnostʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachd (gd) f
• Spanish: apego (es) m, cariño (es), afición (es) f

dependence, especially a strong one

• Bulgarian: преданост (bg) (predanost)
• Dutch: gehechtheid (nl) f
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)

• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) (exártisi) f
• Polish: przywiązanie (pl) n
• Russian: преданность (ru) (prédannostʹ) f

device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool

• Finnish: lisälaite (fi), lisävaruste (fi)
• Greek: εξάρτημα (el) (exártima) n
• Ido: atachuro (io)

• Russian: приставка (ru) (pristávka) f, крепление (ru) (replénije) n, приспособление (ru) (prisposoblénije) n

process or means by which something is physically attached

• Finnish: kiinnitys (fi), kiinnike (fi), kiinnekohta (fi)
• Greek: προσάρτηση (el) (prosártisi) f

• Russian: присоединение (ru) (prisojedinénije) n, прикрепление (ru) (prikreplénije) n

file sent along with an email

• Arabic: إلحاق (ar) (ʾílḥaq) m, ملحق (ar) (múlḥaq) m
• Bulgarian: приложение (bg) (priložénie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附件 (cmn) (fùjiàn)

• Dutch: bijlage (nl) f, attachment (nl) n
• Estonian: kaasatud fail (et)
• Finnish: liitetiedosto (fi), liite (fi)
• French: pièce jointe (fr)
• German: Anlage (de) f, Anhang (de) m
• Greek: επισύναψη (el) (episýnapsi) f
• Hungarian: melléklet (hu), csatolmány (hu)

• Italian: allegato (it) m
• Japanese: 添付ファイル (ja) (tenpu-fairu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vedlegg (nb) n

  Nynorsk: vedlegg (nn) n

• Persian: ضمیمه (fa) (zamime)
• Polish: załącznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: anexo (pt) m
• Russian: вложение (ru) (vložénije) n
• Spanish: archivo adjunto (es)
• Swedish: bilaga (sv) c, bifogad fil

legal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt

• Dutch: beslaglegging (nl) f
• Finnish: ulosotto (fi)
• Greek: κατάσχεση (el) (katáschesi) f

• Irish: astú (ga) m
• Norwegian: utlegg (no) n, ta utlegg i (no)

Derived terms

• attachment disorder

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /aˈtætʃmɛnt/

Noun

attachment m, n (plural attachments)

1. attachment (to an email)