catenate

English

Etymology

From Latin catenatus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkæt.ən.eɪt/, kæt.ə.neɪt/ X-SAMPA: /k{t.@n.eIt/, /k{t.@.neIt/

Verb

catenate (third-person singular simple present catenates, present participle catenating, simple past and past participle catenated)

1. To connect things together, especially to form a chain.

Derived terms

• concatenate
• catenative
• catenary
• cat

Translations

connect

• Dutch: aaneenrijgen (nl), rijgen (nl)

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Latin

Verb

catēnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of catēnō