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English

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Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

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
    • 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 an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes
  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
    Holonym: back matter
    Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum
    Coordinate terms: afterword, epilogue, postscript
  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 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
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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)

  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.

Case 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’s 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: -ɛndiks
  • 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

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