attenant

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

attenant

  1. present participle of attenir

Adjective

attenant (feminine attenante, masculine plural attenants, feminine plural attenantes)

  1. adjacent (à to)
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.ii:
      Le palais épiscopal de Digne était attenant à l'hôpital. (The Bishop's Palace in Digne was next to the hospital.)
    • 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1
      Cette nuit, pendant que le maître travaillait dans son laboratoire, on a tenté d’assassiner Mlle Stangerson, qui reposait dans une chambre attenante à ce laboratoire.
      — Last night, whilst the Professor was in his laboratory, an attempt was made on the life of Mademoiselle Stangerson, who was sleeping in an adjoining room. — 1908, anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN

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