Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

appurtenance

/əˈpɜr tn əns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: ap-pur-te-nance
IPA: /əˈpɜr tn əns/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition.

noun

Equipment used for some specific task; gear.

noun

A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.

noun

A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

noun

The state or quality of being an appurtenance.

Example Sentences

"Indeed, that was as it should be; for she was only an appurtenance of my mattress, or self-acting bedstead on four castors."
"The youngsters, not immediately within sight, seemed rather bright and desirable appurtenances than otherwise; the incidents of daily life were not without humorousness and jollity in their aspect there."
"Duchess Meg soon forgot this unworthy wedding-gift, such was her rapture in the other, the so august, appurtenances of her new life. What with her fine silk gowns and farthingales, and her powder-closet, and the canopied bed she slept in—a bed bigger far than the room she had slept in with her sisters, and standing in a room far bigger than her father’s cottage [...]"
"Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]"
"A couple of hair gloves, with a flesh-brush, may be added to the toilet appurtenances."
"In the case of the urban consumer of nature writing, of course, the mud is to be hosed off one's mental Range Rover immediately one lifts one's eyes from the page and gives silent thanks for the civilised appurtenances of hot yoga and flat whites."

Etymology

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: appurtenaunce, apurtenance, apartenance, appertineō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈpɜr tn əns/

Inflected Forms

appurtenances (plural) appertainance (alternative, dated) appurtenaunce (alternative, obsolete)

Frequently Paired Words

appertain

Synonyms

contenement accessory supplement add-on gear paraphernalia

Questions

How do you pronounce appurtenance?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈpɜr tn əns/.
What does appurtenance mean?: That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition.
Where does appurtenance come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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