appendix

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin appendix. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: ə-pĕn'dĭks, IPA(key): /əˈpɛn.dɪks/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /əˈpɪn.dɪks/ === Noun === appendix (plural appendices or appendixes) (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment. Synonyms: addition, addendum, attachment; see also Thesaurus:adjunct Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244: idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […] A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information. Holonym: back matter Coordinate terms: afterword, epilogue, postscript Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil (anatomy) The vermiform appendix. (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection. Synonym: appendage ==== Usage notes ==== Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin appendix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑˈpɛn.dɪks/ Hyphenation: ap‧pen‧dix === Noun === appendix f (plural appendices, no diminutive) an appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information Synonym: aanhangsel a vermiform appendix Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel the appendix of a balloon Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf ==== Derived terms ==== appendicitis ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: apendiks == Latin == === Etymology === From appendō (“hang upon”) + -ix. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈpɛn.dɪks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [apˈpɛn.diks] === Noun === appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension supplement, addition appendage barberry (shrub) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== appendicium appendō appensor appensus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "appendix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “appendix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Alternative forms === apendyks === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin appendix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈpɛn.dɘks/ Rhymes: -ɛndɘks Syllabification: a‧ppen‧dix === Noun === appendix m inan (rare) appendix (any addition, particularly to a book) Synonyms: aneks, dodatek, uzupełnienie, załącznik ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “appendix”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)