Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apanage

/ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apanage
IPA: /ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.

noun

A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.

verb

To confer an apanage upon.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Well, prince, Genoa and Lucca are now nothing more than the apanages, than the private property of the Bonaparte family."
"they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country."
"For, though I don't very much want books and opera and etchings and wines and liqueurs—still, if I want them I can have them at any moment. And that sense of security is worth more than a thousand of the temperamental ecstasies and agonies that are the appanage of hard-up youth."

Etymology

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: apanage

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

apanages (plural) appanage (alternative) apanages (present, singular) apanaging (participle, present) apanaged (participle, past) apanaged (past)

Synonyms

appanage

Questions

How do you pronounce apanage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/.
What does apanage mean?: A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
Where does apanage come from?: It is traced to French.

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