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English

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Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

  1. (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    Synonyms: addition, addendum, attachment; see also Thesaurus:adjunct
    Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
      idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes []
  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
    Holonym: back matter
    Coordinate terms: afterword, epilogue, postscript
    Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum
  3. (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
  4. (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
    Synonym: appendage

Usage notes

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Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries:

Dictionary or usage guide Entry Notes
Merriam-Webster Unabridged online "appendixes or appendices" No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary online "appendixes or appendices" No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary online "appendixes or appendices" No other qualification
Stedman's Medical Dictionary online "appendixes or appendices" No other qualification
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd edition "appendixes or appendices" No other qualification
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language online "appendices or appendixes" No other qualification
Garner's Modern English Usage, fourth edition "appendixes; appendices" "Both are correct plural forms for appendix, but appendixes is preferable outside scientific contexts […] Nevertheless, the nonnative plural is more frequent [per Google Books Ngram data] by a 3-to-1 margin."
OxfordDictionaries.com, UK subset "appendixes or appendices" "Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document."

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Translations

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑˈpɛn.dɪks/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pen‧dix

Noun

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appendix f (plural appendices)

  1. an appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information
    Synonym: aanhangsel
  2. a vermiform appendix
    Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel
  3. the appendix of a balloon
    Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: apendiks

Latin

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Etymology

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From appendō (hang upon) + -ix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension

  1. supplement, addition
  2. appendage
  3. barberry (shrub)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative appendix appendicēs
genitive appendicis appendicum
dative appendicī appendicibus
accusative appendicem appendicēs
ablative appendice appendicibus
vocative appendix appendicēs
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Descendants

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References

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  • appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appendix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • appendix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈpɛn.dɘks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɘks
  • Syllabification: a‧ppen‧dix

Noun

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appendix m inan

  1. (rare) appendix (any addition, particularly to a book)
    Synonyms: aneks, dodatek, uzupełnienie, załącznik

Declension

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