"ancillary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈæns.əˌlɛɹ.iː/ [US], /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-ancillary.ogg [US], en-au-ancillary.ogg [Australia] Forms: more ancillary [comparative], most ancillary [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪləɹi Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ancillāris||ancillary; relating to maids}} Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), {{m|la|ancilla||maid}} ancilla (“maid”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)
  1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary. Synonyms: accessory Derived forms: ancillarily, ancillariness, ancillary relief, nonancillary Translations (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory): помощен (pomošten) (Bulgarian), спомагателен (spomagatelen) (Bulgarian), auxiliar (Catalan), sekundær (Danish), underordnet (Danish), ondergeschikt (Dutch), ondersteunend (Dutch), avustava (Finnish), apu- (Finnish), oheis- (Finnish), tukeva (Finnish), tuki- (Finnish), toissijainen (Finnish), subordonné [masculine] (French), secondaire [feminine, masculine] (French), auxiliaire [feminine, masculine] (French), ancillaire (French), hilfs- (German), neben- (German), zusatz- (German), subordinato [masculine] (Italian), secondario [masculine] (Italian), ausiliare (Italian), podrzędny (Polish), podporządkowany (Polish), pomocniczy (Polish), akcesoryczny (Polish), subordinado [masculine] (Portuguese), secundário [masculine] (Portuguese), auxiliar (Portuguese), ancilário [masculine] (Portuguese), ancilar (Portuguese), auxiliário [masculine] (Portuguese), вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) (Russian), подсо́бный (podsóbnyj) (Russian), дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) (Russian), подчинённый (podčinjónnyj) (Russian), secundario (Spanish), auxiliar (Spanish), underordnad (Swedish), sekundär (Swedish), yardımcı (Turkish), tali (Turkish), مُعاوِن (muawan) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-ancillary-en-adj-28DtWaaB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 35 7

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæns.əˌlɛɹ.iː/ [US], /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-ancillary.ogg [US], en-au-ancillary.ogg [Australia] Forms: ancillaries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪləɹi Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ancillāris||ancillary; relating to maids}} Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), {{m|la|ancilla||maid}} ancilla (“maid”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancillary (plural ancillaries)
  1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
    Sense id: en-ancillary-en-noun-7mk1oqyX
  2. (archaic) An auxiliary. Tags: archaic Translations (person): apulainen (Finnish), alainen (Finnish), domestique (French), serviteur (French), boy (French), aide à la personne (French), employé de maison (French), domestico (Italian), servo (Italian), pomocnik [masculine] (Polish), подчинённый (podčinjónnyj) (Russian), auxiliar [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ayudante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), subordinado [masculine] (Spanish), subordinada [feminine] (Spanish), criado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ancillary-en-noun-CSnSSNSm Disambiguation of 'person': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (thing): apuväline (Finnish), accessoire [masculine] (French), środek m pomocniczy (Polish), pomoce [plural] (Polish), вспомогательная дета́ль (vspomogatelʹnaja) [feminine] (Russian), auxiliar [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), accesorio [masculine] (Spanish), apoyo [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'thing': 0 0

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          "ref": "2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "ondergeschikt"
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      "word": "ondersteunend"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "avustava"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "apu-"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "oheis-"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "tukeva"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "tuki-"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "toissijainen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "ancillaire"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "hilfs-"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "neben-"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "ausiliare"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "podrzędny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "podporządkowany"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "pomocniczy"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "akcesoryczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "auxiliar"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "ancilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "auxiliário"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vspomogátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "вспомога́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podsóbnyj",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "подсо́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "дополни́тельный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "подчинённый"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "secundario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "auxiliar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "underordnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "sekundär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "yardımcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "tali"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muawan",
      "sense": "subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory",
      "word": "مُعاوِن"
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}

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          "ref": "1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "thing",
      "word": "apuväline"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "person",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "person",
      "word": "domestique"
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      "sense": "person",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "person",
      "word": "boy"
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