"appertain" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /æpɚˈteɪn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appertain.wav Forms: appertains [present, singular, third-person], appertaining [participle, present], appertained [participle, past], appertained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English apperteinen, apertenen, borrowed from Old French apartenir (French appartenir), from Late Latin appertinēre, from ad (“to”) + Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”). More at pertain. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|apperteinen}} Middle English apperteinen, {{der|en|fro|apartenir}} Old French apartenir, {{cog|fr|appartenir}} French appartenir, {{der|en|LL.|appertinēre}} Late Latin appertinēre, {{der|en|la|pertinēre||to reach to, belong}} Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} appertain (third-person singular simple present appertains, present participle appertaining, simple past and past participle appertained)
  1. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to. Translations (to belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to): appartenir (French), tartozik (Hungarian), pertencer a (Portuguese), принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ) (Russian), относи́ться (otnosítʹsja) (Russian), pripadati (Serbo-Croatian), odnositi se (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-appertain-en-verb-pGDrVW-p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'to belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to': 92 8
  2. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
    Sense id: en-appertain-en-verb-srVtCqjx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pertain Derived forms: appertainment, unappertaining Related terms: appurtenance, pertain, pertinence, pertinent

Inflected forms

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