appropriate

Signification

Adj

1. Suitable or fit; proper.
2. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
3. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
4. Morally good; positive.

Verb

1. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
3. To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
4. To make suitable to; to suit.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈpɹəʊ.pɹi.ɪt/

Étymologie

From Middle English appropriaten, borrowed from Latin appropriatus, past participle of approprio (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + proprio (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”).

Phrases

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .

À certains pass High Hill, la gamme offre des sites frais appropriés pour les vignobles.