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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/
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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
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