noun · 8 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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/kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
/kənˌkæt.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N K AE2 T AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The application of these series of links.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The operation of joining multiple character strings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connection, link, connectedness
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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin concatēnātiōbor. English concatenation Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
серия
(serija)
— series of links united
Bulgarian:
последователност
(posledovatelnost)
— series of links united
Chinese Mandarin:
連鎖 /连锁
(liánsuǒ)
— series of links united
Chinese Mandarin:
連結 /连结
(liánjié)
— series of links united
Chinese Mandarin:
相連 /相连
(xiānglián)
— series of links united
Czech:
konkatenace
— series of links united
Czech:
spojení
— series of links united
Czech:
zřetězení
— series of links united
Danish:
sammenkædning
— series of links united
Dutch:
aaneenschakeling
— series of links united
Finnish:
ketju
— series of links united
French:
enchaînement
— series of links united
German:
Verkettung
— series of links united
German:
Konkatenation
— series of links united
Hebrew:
הִשְׁתַלְשְׁלוּת
(hishtalshelút)
— series of links united
Hindi:
संशृंखलन
(sañśŕṅkhlan)
— series of links united
Japanese:
連結
(renketsu)
— series of links united
Polish:
konkatenacja
— series of links united
Russian:
сцепле́ние
(sceplénije)
— series of links united
Russian:
конкатена́ция
(konkatenácija)
— series of links united
Russian:
цепь
(cepʹ)
— series of links united
Serbo-Croatian:
konkatenacija
— series of links united
Serbo-Croatian:
ulančavanje
— series of links united
Spanish:
concomitancia
— series of links united
Finnish:
ketjutus
— application
Malay:
perangkaian
— application
Polish:
konkatenacja
— application
Esperanto:
kroĉo
— programming: joining two or more character strings
French:
concaténation
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Greek:
συνένωση
(synénosi)
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Hindi:
श्रृंखलाबंधन
(śrŕṅkhlābandhan)
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Hungarian:
konkatenáció
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Icelandic:
samskeyting
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Malay:
penjeraitan
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Polish:
konkatenacja
— programming: joining two or more character strings
Serbo-Croatian:
konkatenacija
— programming: joining two or more character strings
French:
concaténation
— programming: result of joining two or more character strings
Greek:
συνένωση
(synénosi)
— programming: result of joining two or more character strings
Polish:
konkatenacja
— programming: result of joining two or more character strings
Serbo-Croatian:
konkatenacija
— programming: result of joining two or more character strings