appurtenance
Meaning
- That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
- (in-plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
- A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
- A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
- The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
Synonyms
side-issue
make-up piece
mating parts
repair piece
fitting part
supplementary means
matching parts
appendix
auxiliary equipment
auxiliary facility
auxiliary means
Translations
appendice
pertenencia
ek
annessi
εξάρτημα
toebehoren
Zubehör
acessório
appenditiaEtymology
In summary
From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“I belong, I appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.
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