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appendix

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK, US: ə-pĕn'dĭks
  • UK, US: /əˈpɛn.dɪks/
  • pin-pen-merger: /əˈpɪn.dɪks/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, obsolete

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: addition, addendum, attachment, accessory, accompaniment, add-on, adjunct, affix, annex, apanage, appendage, appendix, extra, increase, increment, supplement, ancillary, auxiliary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: back matter
  • Near-synonyms: supplement (sometimes synonymous), addendum, codicil

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supplement, addendum, codicil

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The vermiform appendix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appendage

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: process, outgrowth, appendage

6

noun

Meaning 6

supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: addendum, supplement, postscript

Narrower terms: shirttail, codicil

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُلْحَق (mulḥaq) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Armenian: հավելված (havelvac) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Asturian: apéndiz — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Belarusian: дада́так (dadátak) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Bulgarian: приложе́ние (priložénie) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Catalan: apèndix — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Chinese Cantonese: 附錄 /附录 (fu6 luk6) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Chinese Mandarin: 附錄 /附录 (fùlù) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Czech: příloha — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Czech: dodatek — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Danish: appendiks — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Dutch: aanhangsel — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Dutch: appendix — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Esperanto: alaĵo — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Esperanto: aneksaĵo — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Esperanto: anekso — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Finnish: liite — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Finnish: jälkiteksti — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Finnish: täydennysosa — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • French: annexe — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • French: appendice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Galician: apéndice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • German: Anhang — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • German: Beiheft — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Greek: παράρτημα (parártima) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπινομίς (epinomís) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Hebrew: נִסְפָּח (nispákh) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Hindi: परिशिष्ट (pariśiṣṭ) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Hungarian: függelék — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Icelandic: bókarauki — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Icelandic: viðauki — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Irish: aguisín — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Irish: forscríbhinn — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Italian: appendice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Japanese: 付録 (furoku) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Korean: 부록 (burok) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Macedonian: прилог (prilog) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Macedonian: додаток (dodatok) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Malayalam: അനുബന്ധം (anubandhaṁ) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Māori: tāpiritanga — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Māori: kupu āpiti — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Māori: āpitihanga — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Norwegian: vedlegg — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Norwegian: supplement — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Norwegian Bokmål: appendiks — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: appendiks — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Persian: ضمیمه (zamime) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Persian: پیوست (peyvast) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: załącznik — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: dodatek — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: aneks — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: uzupełnienie — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: apendyks — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Polish: appendix — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Portuguese: apêndice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Romanian: apendice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Romanian: anexă — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Russian: приложе́ние (priložénije) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Russian: дополне́ние (dopolnénije) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Scottish Gaelic: eàrr-ràdh — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Serbo-Croatian: дода́так — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Serbo-Croatian: dodátak — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Slovak: príloha — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Slovak: dodatok — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Slovene: priloga — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Slovene: dodatek — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Spanish: apéndice — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Swahili: kiambatisho — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Swedish: appendix — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Swedish: tillägg — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Swedish: bilaga — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Tagalog: hugpong — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Tibetan: ལྷན་ཐབས (lhan thabs) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Ukrainian: дода́ток (dodátok) — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Uzbek: qoʻshimcha — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Uzbek: ilova — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Vietnamese: phụ lục — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Volapük: lenseidot — text added to the end of a book or an article
  • Welsh: atodiad — text added to the end of a book or an article
Real reading context

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