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English

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Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinappendix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appendix (pluralappendicesorappendixes)

  1. (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; anattachment oraccompaniment.
    Synonyms:addition,addendum,attachment;see alsoThesaurus:adjunct
    Near-synonyms:ancillary,auxiliary
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC:
      , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
      idleness is anappendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes []
  2. Atext 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
  3. (anatomy) Thevermiform appendix.
  4. (anatomy) Anyprocess,prolongation, orprojection.
    Synonym:appendage

Usage notes

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  • Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries:
Dictionary or usage guideEntryNotes
Merriam-Webster Unabridged online"appendixes orappendices"No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary online"appendixes orappendices"No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary online"appendixes orappendices"No other qualification
Stedman's Medical Dictionary online"appendixes orappendices"No other qualification
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd edition"appendixes orappendices"No other qualification
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language online"appendices orappendixes"No other qualification
Garner's Modern English Usage, fourth edition"appendixes;appendices""Both are correct plural forms forappendix, butappendixes is preferable outside scientific contexts […] Nevertheless, the nonnative plural ismore frequent [per Google Books Ngram data] by a 3-to-1 margin."
OxfordDictionaries.com, UK subset"appendixes orappendices""Appendix typically has the pluralappendixes in the anatomical sense, andappendices when referring to a part of a book or document."

Derived terms

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Translations

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text added to the end of a book or an articlesee alsoannex,‎adjunct,‎attachment
vermiform appendixseevermiform appendix
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinappendix.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑˈpɛn.dɪks/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:ap‧pen‧dix

Noun

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appendix f (pluralappendices,nodiminutive)

  1. anappendix, asectionappended to themain body of atext orpublication with peripheral information
    Synonym:aanhangsel
  2. avermiform appendix
    Synonym:wormvormig aanhangsel
  3. theappendix of aballoon
    Synonyms:vulaanhangsel,vulslurf

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Latin

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Etymology

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Fromappendō(hang upon) +-ix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appendix f (genitiveappendicis);third declension

  1. supplement,addition
  2. appendage
  3. barberry (shrub)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativeappendixappendicēs
genitiveappendicisappendicum
dativeappendicīappendicibus
accusativeappendicemappendicēs
ablativeappendiceappendicibus
vocativeappendixappendicēs

Related terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • appendix”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appendix”, inCharlton 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”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromLatinappendix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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appendix inan

  1. (rare)appendix(any addition, particularly to a book)
    Synonyms:aneks,dodatek,uzupełnienie,załącznik

Declension

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Declension ofappendix
singularplural
nominativeappendixappendiksy
genitiveappendiksuappendiksów
dativeappendiksowiappendiksom
accusativeappendixappendiksy
instrumentalappendiksemappendiksami
locativeappendiksieappendiksach
vocativeappendiksieappendiksy

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