Standard Lemma guide

concatenate

adj · verb · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N K AE1 T AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Joined together as if in a chain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To join or link together, as though in a chain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To join (text strings) together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Concatenating "shoe" with "string" yields "shoestring".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • concatenate terms
  • concatenate characters

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: add

5

verb

Meaning 5

combine two strings to form a single one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chain

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Latin concatēnātus English concatenate From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: kateatu — link together
  • Bulgarian: зацепвам (zacepvam) — link together
  • Bulgarian: свързвам с верига (svǎrzvam s veriga) — link together
  • Bulgarian: навързвам (navǎrzvam) — link together
  • Bulgarian: навържа (navǎrža) — link together
  • Catalan: concatenar — link together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 串接 (chuànjiē) — link together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 連接 /连接 (liánjiē) — link together
  • Czech: zřetězit — link together
  • Dutch: aaneenschakelen — link together
  • Dutch: aaneenrijgen — link together
  • Finnish: ketjuttaa — link together
  • French: enchaîner — link together
  • French: concaténer — link together
  • Galician: concatenar — link together
  • Galician: encadear — link together
  • German: verknüpfen — link together
  • German: konkatenieren — link together
  • German: verbinden — link together
  • German: zusammenknüpfen — link together
  • German: verketten — link together
  • Hungarian: összekapcsol — link together
  • Hungarian: összeköt — link together
  • Latin: concatenare — link together
  • Polish: łączyć w łańcuch — link together
  • Polish: połączyć w łańcuch — link together
  • Portuguese: concatenar — link together
  • Russian: соединя́ть (sojedinjátʹ) — link together
  • Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — link together
  • Russian: смыка́ть (smykátʹ) — link together
  • Russian: сцепля́ть (scepljátʹ) — link together
  • Spanish: concatenar — link together
  • Spanish: concadenar — link together
  • Turkish: zincirleme bağlamak — link together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 串接 (chuànjiē) — computing: to join two strings together
  • Dutch: aaneenschakelen — computing: to join two strings together
  • Finnish: ketjuttaa — computing: to join two strings together
  • Finnish: katenoida — computing: to join two strings together
  • French: concaténer — computing: to join two strings together
  • German: verketten — computing: to join two strings together
  • Greek: συνενώνω (synenóno) — computing: to join two strings together
  • Icelandic: skeyta saman — computing: to join two strings together
  • Norwegian: konkatenere — computing: to join two strings together
  • Polish: łączyć tekstowy typ danych — computing: to join two strings together
  • Polish: połączyć tekstowy typ danych — computing: to join two strings together
  • Russian: конкатени́ровать (konkatenírovatʹ) — computing: to join two strings together