appendix

See also: Appendix

English

Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin appendix.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, US) enPR: ə-pĕn'dĭks, IPA(key): /əˈpɛn.dɪks/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

    1. (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
    2. 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
    3. (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
    4. (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
      Synonym: appendage

    Usage notes

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

    Derived terms

    Translations

    text added to the end of a book or an article — see also annex,‎ adjunct,‎ attachment
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    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin appendix.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    appendix f (plural appendices, no diminutive)

    1. an appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information
      Synonym: aanhangsel
    2. a vermiform appendix
      Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel
    3. the appendix of a balloon
      Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Indonesian: apendiks

    Latin

    Etymology

    From appendō (“hang upon”) + -ix.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension

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

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative appendix appendicēs
    genitive appendicis appendicum
    dative appendicī appendicibus
    accusative appendicem appendicēs
    ablative appendice appendicibus
    vocative appendix appendicēs

    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

    Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from Latin appendix.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aˈpɛn.dɘks/
      • Rhymes: -ɛndɘks
      • Syllabification: a‧ppen‧dix

      Noun

      appendix m inan

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

      Declension

      Declension of appendix
      singular plural
      nominative appendix appendiksy
      genitive appendiksu appendiksów
      dative appendiksowi appendiksom
      accusative appendix appendiksy
      instrumental appendiksem appendiksami
      locative appendiksie appendiksach
      vocative appendiksie appendiksy

      Further reading

      • “appendix”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)
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