addition

See also: Addition

English

Etymology

Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɪʃ.ən/, [əˈdɪʃ.n̩]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

Examples (law)
John Doe, Esq. Robert Dale, Mason Thomas Way, of New York

addition (countable and uncountable, plural additions)

1. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. Anything that is added.
4. (uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
5. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
6. (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

     […] They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute […]

7. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.

   Antonym: abatement

8. (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).

Synonyms

• (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
• (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act of adding”): exclusion, reduction
• (antonym(s) of “thing added”): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
• (antonym(s) of “arithmetic operation”): subtraction

Coordinate terms

• succession
• multiplication
• exponentiation
• tetration
• pentation
• hexation

Derived terms

• additional
• additionary
• additionist
• addition polymerisation
• addition polymerization
• addition reaction
• addition sign
• coaddition
• cycloaddition
• digitaddition
• gyroaddition
• heteroaddition
• in addition
• in addition to
• isoaddition
• Michael addition
• misaddition
• nonaddition
• photoaddition
• polyaddition
• readdition
• retroaddition
• spike addition
• superaddition

Related terms

• add
• adder
• additive

Translations

act of adding

• Albanian : shtim (sq)
• Arabic: إضَافَة f (ʔiḍāfa)
• Armenian: հավելում (hy) (havelum), գումարում (hy) (gumarum)
• Bashkir: ҡушыу (quşıw)
• Bulgarian: приба́вяне (bg) n (pribávjane)
• Catalan: addició (ca) f
• Cebuano: pagpuno
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 增加 (zh) (zēngjiā), 添加 (zh) (tiānjiā), 附加 (zh) (fùjiā)

• Dutch: toevoeging (nl) f
• Farefare: pa'asgɔ
• Finnish: lisäys (fi), additio (chemistry)
• French: addition (fr) f
• Galician: adición (gl) f
• Gallurese: addizioni
• Georgian: დამატება (damaṭeba), მიმატება (mimaṭeba), შეკრება (šeḳreba)
• German: Zufügung (de) f, Hinzufügung f
• Greek: πρόσθεση (el) f (prósthesi)
• Haitian Creole: adisyon
• Hebrew: הוֹסָפָה f (hosafa), צירוף m (tseruf)
• Hungarian: hozzáadás (hu), hozzáfűzés (hu), kiegészítés (hu), bővítés (hu), bővülés (hu)
• Icelandic: viðbót (is) f
• Indonesian: penambahan (id)
• Italian: addizione (it) f
• Japanese: 付加 (ja) (ふか, fuka), 追加 (ja) (ついか, tsuika)
• Korean: 추가(追加) (ko) (chuga), 부가(附加) (ko) (buga), 가미 (ko) (gami)
• Kyrgyz: кошуу (ky) (koşuu)
• Latin: additio f
• Latvian: pielikums m
• Macedonian: додавање n (dodavanje)
• Malay: penambahan (ms)
• Malayalam: കൂട്ടൽ (ml) (kūṭṭal)
• Maltese: għadd m
• Norwegian: tillegg (no) n

  Bokmål: legge til, tilføye

  Nynorsk: leggje til, tilføye

• Odia: ଯୋଗ (or) (joga)
• Old English: ēaca m
• Persian: جَمْع (fa) (jam')
• Polish: dodawanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: adição (pt) f
• Quechua: yapay
• Romanian: adaos (ro) f, adăugire (ro) f
• Russian: сложе́ние (ru) n (složénije), прибавле́ние (ru) n (pribavlénije)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: additzione

  Logudorese: additzione

• Sassarese: addizioni
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: додавање n, придодавање n

  Roman: dodavanje (sh) n, pridodavanje n

• Spanish: adición (es) f, añadidura (es) f
• Tamil: சேர்த்தல் (ta) (cērttal), கூட்டல் (ta) (kūṭṭal)
• Telugu: చేర్పు (cērpu)
• Welsh: adiad m

thing added

• Albanian : shtesë (sq)
• Arabic: مُضَاف m (muḍāf)
• Armenian: լրացում (hy) (lracʻum)
• Bulgarian: доба́вка (bg) f (dobávka), приба́вка (bg) f (pribávka)
• Catalan: addició (ca) f
• Cebuano: gipuno
• Czech: přídavek (cs) m
• Dutch: toevoeging (nl) f
• Esperanto: aldono, alaĵo, aldonaĵo
• Finnish: lisäys (fi)
• French: addition (fr) f, ajout (fr) m
• Galician: adición (gl) f
• German: Zusatz (de) m
• Greek: πρόσθεση (el) f (prósthesi)

  Ancient: προσθήκη f (prosthḗkē)

• Hebrew: תּוֹסֶפֶת (he) f (toséfet)
• Hungarian: adalék (hu), kiegészítés (hu), toldás (hu), toldalék (hu), pótlék (hu), bővítés (hu), bővülés (hu)
• Icelandic: viðbót (is) f
• Irish: breis f, agús m
• Italian: aggiunta (it) f
• Japanese: (making addition to a house) 建て増し (たてまし, tatemashi)
• Korean: 추가분 (chugabun), 부가물 (bugamul)
• Kyrgyz: кошумчалоо (ky) (koşumcaloo)
• Latin: appendix f
• Luxembourgish: Zousaz m, Ajoute f
• Maltese: żjieda f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tillegg (no) n

• Old English: ēaca m
• Polish: dodatek (pl) m
• Portuguese: acréscimo (pt) m
• Quechua: yapa
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: additzione f

  Logudorese: additzione f

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: додатак m, придодатак m

  Roman: dodatak (sh) m, pridodatak m

• Spanish: adición (es) f
• Swedish: tillskott (sv)
• Tamil: சேர்ப்பு (ta) (cērppu)
• Venetan: đonta (vec) f, xonta f
• Welsh: ychwanegiad (cy) m

arithmetic: process of adding

• Albanian : shto (sq)
• Arabic: جَمْع (ar) m (jamʕ)
• Armenian: գումարում (hy) (gumarum)
• Bashkir: ҡушыу (quşıw)
• Basque: batuketa
• Belarusian: склада́нне n (skladánnje)
• Breton: sammadur m, sammadenn f
• Bulgarian: съби́ране (bg) n (sǎbírane)
• Catalan: addició (ca) f
• Cebuano: pagdugang, pagpuno
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加法 (zh) (jiāfǎ), 添加 (zh) (tiānjiā)

• Czech: sčítání (cs) n
• Danish: addition (da) c
• Dutch: optellen (nl) n, sommeren (nl) n
• Estonian: liitmine (et)
• Finnish: yhteenlasku (fi)
• French: addition (fr) f
• Galician: adición (gl) f
• Gallurese: addizione
• Georgian: მიმატება (mimaṭeba), შეკრება (šeḳreba), დაჯამება (daǯameba)
• German: Addition (de) f
• Greek: πρόσθεση (el) f (prósthesi)

  Ancient: πρόσθεσις f (prósthesis)

• Hebrew: חִיבּוּר / חִבּוּר (he) m (hibúr)
• Hindi: जोड़ (hi) m (joṛ)
• Hungarian: összeadás (hu)
• Icelandic: samlagning f
• Indonesian: penambahan, penjumlahan
• Ingrian: lissäämiin
• Inuktitut: ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓂᖅ (katitiriniq)
• Italian: addizione (it) f
• Japanese: 足し算 (ja) (たしざん, tashizan), 加法 (ja) (かほう, kahō)
• Khmer: វិធីបូក (km) (vithii bouk)
• Korean: 더하기 (ko) (deohagi), 덧셈 (ko) (deotsem), 가산(加算) (ko) (gasan)
• Kyrgyz: кошумчалоо (ky) (koşumcaloo)
• Latvian: saskaitīšana f
• Lithuanian: sudėtis, priedas
• Luxembourgish: Additioun f
• Macedonian: собирање n (sobiranje)
• Malay: penambahan, penjumlahan
• Malayalam: സങ്കലനം (ml) (saṅkalanaṁ), കൂട്ടൽ (ml) (kūṭṭal)
• Maltese: żied m, għadd kollox m
• Maori: tāpiritanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нэмэх үйлдэл (nemex üjldel)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ
  ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ (nemekü üyiledül)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: addisjon (no) m, pluss (no) n

• Occitan: addicion (oc)
• Odia: ମିଶାଣ (or) (miśāṇa)
• Persian: جَمْع (fa) (jam')
• Polish: dodawanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: adição (pt) f
• Romanian: adunare (ro)
• Russian: сложе́ние (ru) n (složénije)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: additzione

  Logudorese: additzione

  Sassarese: addizioni

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сабирање n

  Roman: sabiranje n

• Slovak: sčítanie n
• Slovene: seštevanje n
• Spanish: suma (es) f, adición (es) f
• Swedish: addition (sv) c
• Tagalog: palaragdagan
• Tamil: கூட்டல் (ta) (kūṭṭal)
• Telugu: కూడిక (te) (kūḍika)
• Thai: การบวก (th) (gaan-bùuak)
• Ukrainian: додава́ння n (dodavánnja)
• Vietnamese: phép cộng (vi)

arithmetic: thing added

• Albanian : shtesa (sq)
• Bulgarian: събираемо n (sǎbiraemo)
• Dutch: optelling (nl) f, sommering (nl) f
• Finnish: yhteenlaskettava (fi)
• Galician: sumando m
• German: Summant m
• Tamil: கூட்டெண் (kūṭṭeṇ)

See also

• plus sign (+)
• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend strict sense) = (addend broad sense) + (addend broad sense) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference, remainder)
• multiplication: (multiplier, multiplicator) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Danish

Noun

addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)

1. (arithmetic) addition, act of adding

Declension

Declension of addition

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	addition	additionen	additioner	additionerne
genitive	additions	additionens	additioners	additionernes

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin additiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.di.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: additions
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

addition f (plural additions)

1. (arithmetic) addition (operation of adding a number to another)

   Coordinate terms: soustraction, multiplication, division

2. bill, check (written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge, in a bar or a restaurant)

Derived terms

• additionner

Descendants

• → Turkish: adisyon

Further reading

• “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dodinait

Swedish

Etymology

Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.

Noun

addition c

1. (mathematics) an addition

Declension

Declension of addition

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	addition	additions
	definite	additionen	additionens
plural	indefinite	additioner	additioners
	definite	additionerna	additionernas