adjacent

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “OED says this comes from middle/old French, then from Latin”) Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ə(ɖ)ˈdʒe.səɳʈ/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈa(ɖ).dʒə.səɳʈ/, /əɖ.dʒəˈsɛnʈ/ === Adjective === adjacent (not comparable) Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near Antonyms: apart, distant, nonadjacent Just before, after, or facing. (figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adjacent (plural adjacents) Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. === Preposition === adjacent Next to; beside. (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. ==== Usage notes ==== This preposition is usually constructed as adjacent to. However, in the U.S., adjacent is sometimes used on its own. === References === Bromwich, Jonah Engel (16 July 2019), “Why Is Everything ‘Adjacent’ Now?”, in The New York Times‎[4], retrieved 26 July 2019 == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adiacentem. Doublet of eina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.d͡ʒəˈsen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.d͡ʒəˈsent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒaˈsent] === Adjective === adjacent m or f (masculine and feminine plural adjacents) adjacent (lying next to) === Further reading === “adjacent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “adjacent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “adjacent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “adjacent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adiacentem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of aise. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dʒa.sɑ̃/ === Adjective === adjacent (feminine adjacente, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentes) adjacent === Further reading === “adjacent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === adjacent third-person plural present active indicative of adjaceō == Occitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). === Adjective === adjacent m (feminine singular adjacenta, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentas) adjacent (lying next to) == Polish == === Noun === adjacent m pers Pre-1936 spelling of adiacent. ==== Declension ====