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# An [[appendage]] to something else; an [[addition]].
# that which [[appertain]]s; an [[appendage]] to something else; an [[addition]]
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Donkey|page=17|passage=Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an '''appurtenance''' of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors.}}
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Donkey|page=17|passage=Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an '''appurtenance''' of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors.}}
#* {{Template:RQ:Hardy Tess|volume=I|page=36|passage=The youngsters, not immediately within sight, seemed rather bright and desirable '''appurtenances''' than otherwise; the incidents of daily life were not without humorousness and jollity in their aspect there.}}
#* {{Template:RQ:Hardy Tess|volume=I|page=36|passage=The youngsters, not immediately within sight, seemed rather bright and desirable '''appurtenances''' than otherwise; the incidents of daily life were not without humorousness and jollity in their aspect there.}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[equipment|Equipment]] used for some specific [[task]]; [[gear]].
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[equipment]] used for some specific [[task]]; [[gear]]
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# {{lb|en|legal}} minor [[property]], such as an [[outhouse]], that passes with the main property when it is [[sold]]
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# The thing to which another [[pertain]]s.
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# {{lb|en|legal}} Minor [[property]], such as an [[outhouse]], that passes with the main property when it is [[sold]].
#: {{syn|en|contenement}}
#: {{syn|en|contenement}}
# {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[modifier]] that is [[append]]ed or [[prepend]]ed to another word to [[coin]] a new word that expresses belonging.
# {{lb|en|grammar}} a [[modifier]] that is [[append]]ed or [[prepend]]ed to another word to [[coin]] a new word that expresses belonging.
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# {{rfv-sense|en}} the thing to which another [[pertain]]s


====Related terms====
====Related terms====

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“I belong, I appertain”). Equivalent to appertain +‎ -ance. More at appertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

appurtenance (plural appurtenances)

  1. that which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition
  2. (in the plural) equipment used for some specific task; gear
  3. (law) minor property, such as an outhouse, that passes with the main property when it is sold
    Synonym: contenement
  4. (grammar) a modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) the thing to which another pertains

Translations

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