necessary

English

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Etymology

From Middle English necessarye, from Old French necessaire, from Latin necessārius (“unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable, requisite”), from necesse (“unavoidable, inevitable, indispensable”), neuter adjective with esse and habeō (“I have”), probably originating from ne cessum or non cessum, from ne (“not”) + cessus, perfect passive participle of cēdō (“I yield”); see cede.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/

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• (nonstandard) IPA: /ˈnɛsəɹi/

Adjective

necessary (comparative more necessary, superlative most necessary)

1. needed, required

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:requisite

Antonyms

• unnecessary

Derived terms

• necessarily
• necessary condition

Related terms

• necessariness
• necessitate
• necessitation
• necessitousness
• necessitude
• necessity

Translations

needed, required

• Arabic: ضروري (ar) (Daruuriy), لازم (ar) (laazim)
• Armenian: անհրաժեշտ (hy) (anhražest)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 必要的 (cmn) (bìyào de)

• Czech: nutný (cs) m
• Danish: nødvendig (da)
• Dutch: nodig (nl), noodzakelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: necesa (eo)
• Finnish: välttämätön, tähdellinen, tärkeä, tarvittava
• French: nécessaire (fr)
• Georgian: საჭირო (ka) (sačiro)
• German: nötig (de), notwendig (de)
• Haitian Creole: nesesè
• Hindi: ज़रूरी (hi) (zarūrī)
• Hungarian: szükséges (hu), szükségszerű, nélkülözhetetlen, elengedhetetlen
• Icelandic: nauðsynlegur (is) m
• Ido: necesa (io)
• Interlingua: necesse (ia), necessari (ia)
• Italian: necessario (it)
• Japanese: 必要 (ja) (ひつよう, hitsuyō)

• Jèrriais: nécessaithe
• Korean: 필요한 (ko) (piryo-han)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پێویست (ku)

• Latvian: vajadzīgs (lv)
• Macedonian: неопходен (mk) (neóphoden), потребен (mk) (pótreben), нужен (mk) (núžen)
• Norwegian: nødvendig (no)
• Novial: nesesari
• Persian: لازم (fa) (lâzem), ضروری (fa) (zaruri), بایسته (fa) (bâyeste)
• Polish: potrzebny (pl)
• Portuguese: necessário (pt)
• Romanian: necesar (ro)
• Russian: необходимый (ru) (neobxodímyj), нужный (ru) (núžnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deatamach (gd), riatanach (gd)
• Spanish: necesario (es)
• Swedish: nödvändig (sv)
• Telugu: అవసరమైన (avasaramaina), కావాల్సిన (te) (kaavaalsina)
• Turkish: gerekli (tr), elzem (tr)
• Urdu: ضروری (ur) (zarūrī)
• Volapük: zesüdik (vo)

External links

• necessary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Noun

necessary (plural necessaries)

1. (archaic, UK) bathroom, toilet, loo

External links

• necessary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• necessary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Statistics

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