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appurtenant

/əˈpɜːtɪnənt/

appurtenant adjective: of or pertaining to an appurtenance.

Adjective

appurtenant (comparative more appurtenant, superlative most appurtenant)

  1. Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
    • a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings
  2. Ancillary or subsidiary.

Noun

appurtenant (plural appurtenants)

  1. An appendage or attachment.
  2. (informal, noun-from-verb) An appurtenance.

appurtenant meaning in Tamil

appurtenant in Tamil

அண்டையிலமைந்த, உடைமை, உடைமையான, இணைந்துள்ள, தொடர்பான

Forms of appurtenant

Adjective
comparativemore appurtenant
superlativemost appurtenant
alternative form (obsolete)appurtenaunt
Noun
pluralappurtenants

Origin of appurtenant

From Middle English appurtenaunt, from Old French apurtenant.

Questions about appurtenant

What does appurtenant mean?
Appurtenant means of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
What is appurtenant in Tamil?
Appurtenant in Tamil is அண்டையிலமைந்த, உடைமை, உடைமையான. See Appurtenant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is appurtenant?
Appurtenant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce appurtenant?
Appurtenant is pronounced /əˈpɜːtɪnənt/ (UK).

Words near appurtenant in the dictionary

  1. appulsion
  2. appulsions
  3. appulsive
  4. appurtenance
  5. appurtenances
  6. appurtenant
  7. appurtenants
  8. appurtenaunce
  9. appurtenaunces
  10. appurtenaunt
  11. appurtenaunts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appurtenant (page history and authors); appurtenant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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