noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896
a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquisition
4
noun
Meaning 4
incorporation by joining or uniting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appropriation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: incorporation
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
aneksim
— addition or incorporation of something
Arabic:
ضَمّ
(ḍamm)
— addition or incorporation of something
Arabic:
إِلْحَاق
(ʔilḥāq)
— addition or incorporation of something
Armenian:
անեքսիա
(anekʻsia)
— addition or incorporation of something
Armenian:
բռնակցում
(bṙnakcʻum)
— addition or incorporation of something
Azerbaijani:
anneksiya
— addition or incorporation of something
Azerbaijani:
ilhaq
— addition or incorporation of something
Belarusian:
анэ́ксія
(anéksija)
— addition or incorporation of something
Belarusian:
аншлю́с
(anšljús)
— addition or incorporation of something
Belarusian:
а́ншлюс
(ánšljus)
— addition or incorporation of something
Bulgarian:
ане́ксия
(anéksija)
— addition or incorporation of something
Catalan:
annexió
— addition or incorporation of something
Chinese Mandarin:
併吞 /并吞
(bìngtūn)
— addition or incorporation of something
Chinese Mandarin:
合併 /合并
(hébìng)
— addition or incorporation of something
Czech:
anexe
— addition or incorporation of something
Danish:
anneksion
— addition or incorporation of something
Danish:
annektering
— addition or incorporation of something
Dutch:
annexatie
— addition or incorporation of something
Esperanto:
anekso
— addition or incorporation of something
Estonian:
anneksioon
— addition or incorporation of something
Finnish:
liittäminen
— addition or incorporation of something
French:
annexion
— addition or incorporation of something
Georgian:
ანექსია
(aneksia)
— addition or incorporation of something
German:
Annexion
— addition or incorporation of something
German:
Anschluss
— addition or incorporation of something
Greek:
προσάρτηση
(prosártisi)
— addition or incorporation of something
Greek:
προσθήκη
(prosthíki)
— addition or incorporation of something
Hebrew:
סיפוח
— addition or incorporation of something
Hebrew:
סִפּוּחַ
(sipúakh)
— addition or incorporation of something
Hindi:
अधिग्रहण
(adhigrahaṇ)
— addition or incorporation of something
Hungarian:
hozzácsatolás
— addition or incorporation of something
Hungarian:
annexió
— addition or incorporation of something
Hungarian:
annektálás
— addition or incorporation of something
Italian:
annessione
— addition or incorporation of something
Japanese:
編入
(hennyū)
— addition or incorporation of something
Japanese:
併合
(heigō)
— addition or incorporation of something
Japanese:
付加
(fuka)
— addition or incorporation of something
Kazakh:
аннексия
(anneksiä)
— addition or incorporation of something
Korean:
병합
(byeonghap)
— addition or incorporation of something
Korean:
합병
(hapbyeong)
— addition or incorporation of something
Kyrgyz:
аннексия
(anneksiya)
— addition or incorporation of something
Latvian:
aneksija
— addition or incorporation of something
Lithuanian:
aneksija
— addition or incorporation of something
Macedonian:
анексија
(aneksija)
— addition or incorporation of something
Norwegian Bokmål:
anneksjon
— addition or incorporation of something
Norwegian Bokmål:
annektering
— addition or incorporation of something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
anneksjon
— addition or incorporation of something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
annektering
— addition or incorporation of something
Persian:
الحاق
(elhâq)
— addition or incorporation of something
Polish:
aneksja
— addition or incorporation of something
Polish:
zabór
— addition or incorporation of something
Portuguese:
anexação
— addition or incorporation of something
Romanian:
anexare
— addition or incorporation of something
Russian:
анне́ксия
(annɛ́ksija)
— addition or incorporation of something
Russian:
присоедине́ние
(prisojedinénije)
— addition or incorporation of something
Russian:
аншлю́с
(anšljús)
— addition or incorporation of something
Russian:
а́ншлюс
(ánšljus)
— addition or incorporation of something
Serbo-Croatian:
анѐксија
— addition or incorporation of something
Serbo-Croatian:
анексирање
— addition or incorporation of something
Serbo-Croatian:
anèksija
— addition or incorporation of something
Serbo-Croatian:
aneksiranje
— addition or incorporation of something
Slovak:
anexia
— addition or incorporation of something
Slovene:
aneksija
— addition or incorporation of something
Spanish:
anexión
— addition or incorporation of something
Swedish:
annektering
— addition or incorporation of something
Swedish:
annexion
— addition or incorporation of something
Tajik:
илҳоқ
(ilhoq)
— addition or incorporation of something
Tajik:
аннексия
(anneksiya)
— addition or incorporation of something
Turkish:
ilhak
— addition or incorporation of something
Turkmen:
anneksiýa
— addition or incorporation of something
Ukrainian:
ане́ксія
(anéksija)
— addition or incorporation of something
Ukrainian:
приє́днання
(pryjédnannja)
— addition or incorporation of something
Ukrainian:
аншлю́с
(anšljús)
— addition or incorporation of something
Ukrainian:
а́ншлюс
(ánšljus)
— addition or incorporation of something
Uzbek:
anneksiya
— addition or incorporation of something
Vietnamese:
sự phụ vào
— addition or incorporation of something