annex

== English == === Alternative forms === anex (nonstandard) annexe (UK) === Pronunciation === Noun: (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈænɛks/ Verb: (UK) IPA(key): /ˈænɛks/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈnɛks/, /ˈænɛks/ Rhymes: -ɛks === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== annex (plural annexes) (American spelling) An addition, an extension. An appendix to a book or document. An addition or extension to a building. An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force. ===== Synonyms ===== (something additional): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct or Thesaurus:augmentation ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English annexen, anexen, from Old French annexer (“to join”), from Medieval Latin annexāre, infinitive of annexō, frequentative of Latin annectō (“bind to”), from ad (“to”) + nectō (“tie, bind”). Compare the rare annect. Doublet of adnex. ==== Verb ==== annex (third-person singular simple present annexes, present participle annexing, simple past and past participle annexed) To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc. (intransitive) To join; to be united. ===== Synonyms ===== underjoin ===== Antonyms ===== separate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== adnexa ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== merge fuse add === Anagrams === xenna- == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin annexus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈnɛks] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈnɛks] === Noun === annex m (plural annexos) annex (an addition, an extension) annex (an addition to a building) ==== Derived terms ==== annexar === Adjective === annex (feminine annexa, masculine plural annexos, feminine plural annexes) attached (of a document) === Further reading === “annex”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === annex n annex (an addition to a building) annex (an addition, an extension) ==== Declension ====