appurtenance

English

Alternative forms

• appurtenaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“I belong, I appertain”). More at appertain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

appurtenance (plural appurtenances)

1. An appendage 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)
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• Romanian: apendice (ro) n, anexă (ro) f

equipment for some specific task

• Finnish: apuväline (fi)
• German: Rüstzeug (de) n, Ausrüstung (de) f
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• Interlingue:
• Russian: снаряжение (ru) n (snarjaženije)
• Spanish: aparejos (es) m pl, pertrechos m pl

thing to which another pertains

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(law) minor property that passes with the main property

• German: Zubehör (de) n
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(language) modifier appended or prepended to another word to express belonging

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