appurtenance
English
Alternative forms
- appurtenaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Old French apartenance, from apertenir, from Latin appertineō (“I belong, I appertain”).
Cognate to appertain.
Pronunciation
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Noun
appurtenance (plural appurtenances)
- An appendage added to something else.
- (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
- The thing to which another pertains.
- (law) Minor property (such as an outhouse) that passes with the main property when it is sold.
- (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
Synonyms
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Translations
thing to which another pertains
(law) minor property that passes with the main property
(language) modifer appended or prepended to another word to express belonging