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additional

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 D IH1 SH N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Supplemental or added to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • additional charge
  • additional information
  • additional resources
  • You may be charged an additional fee for late payment.
  • The hotel provided additional towels on request.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something added.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

further or added

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • called for additional troops
  • need extra help
  • an extra pair of shoes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extra

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِضَافِيّ (ʔiḍāfiyy) — Supplemental or added to
  • Armenian: լրացուցիչ (lracʻucʻičʻ) — Supplemental or added to
  • Belarusian: дадатко́вы (dadatkóvy) — Supplemental or added to
  • Bengali: অতিরিক্ত (otirikto) — Supplemental or added to
  • Bengali: নফল (nophol) — Supplemental or added to
  • Bulgarian: допълнителен (dopǎlnitelen) — Supplemental or added to
  • Catalan: addicional — Supplemental or added to
  • Czech: dodatečný — Supplemental or added to
  • Dutch: bijkomend — Supplemental or added to
  • Dutch: aanvullend — Supplemental or added to
  • Esperanto: kroma — Supplemental or added to
  • Esperanto: aldona — Supplemental or added to
  • Finnish: lisä- — Supplemental or added to
  • French: additionnel — Supplemental or added to
  • Galician: adicional — Supplemental or added to
  • German: zusätzlich — Supplemental or added to
  • Greek: επιπλέον (epipléon) — Supplemental or added to
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) — Supplemental or added to
  • Hebrew: נוֹסָף (nosaf) — Supplemental or added to
  • Hindi: अतिरिक्त (atirikt) — Supplemental or added to
  • Hungarian: további — Supplemental or added to
  • Hungarian: kiegészítő — Supplemental or added to
  • Italian: addizionale — Supplemental or added to
  • Latin: additionalis — Supplemental or added to
  • Macedonian: дополнителен (dopolnitelen) — Supplemental or added to
  • Māori: piripiri — Supplemental or added to
  • Māori: āpiti — Supplemental or added to
  • Central Sierra Miwok: héj·i- — Supplemental or added to
  • Persian: اضافی — Supplemental or added to
  • Polish: dodatkowy — Supplemental or added to
  • Portuguese: adicional — Supplemental or added to
  • Romanian: adițional — Supplemental or added to
  • Russian: дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) — Supplemental or added to
  • Sanskrit: अधिक (adhika) — Supplemental or added to
  • Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd — Supplemental or added to
  • Serbo-Croatian: dodatan — Supplemental or added to
  • Spanish: adicional — Supplemental or added to
  • Spanish: extra — Supplemental or added to
  • Spanish: de más — Supplemental or added to
  • Swedish: ytterligare — Supplemental or added to
  • Ukrainian: додатко́вий (dodatkóvyj) — Supplemental or added to
  • Welsh: atodol — Supplemental or added to
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