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* Polish: {{t+|pl|podrzędny}}, {{t|pl|podporządkowany}}, {{t+|pl|pomocniczy}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podrzędny}}, {{t|pl|podporządkowany}}, {{t+|pl|pomocniczy}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|subordinado|m}}, {{t+|pt|secundário|m}}, {{t+|pt|auxiliar}}, {{t|pt|ancilário|m}}, {{t+|pt|ancilar}}, {{t+|pt|auxiliário|m}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|subordinado|m}}, {{t+|pt|secundário|m}}, {{t+|pt|auxiliar}}, {{t|pt|ancilário|m}}, {{t+|pt|ancilar}}, {{t+|pt|auxiliário|m}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|вспомога́тельный}}, {{t+|ru|подсо́бный}}, {{t+|ru|дополни́тельный}}, {{t+|ru|подчинённый}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|secundario}}, {{t+|es|auxiliar}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|underordnad}}, {{t+|sv|sekundär}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|underordnad}}, {{t+|sv|sekundär}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yardımcı}}, {{t+|tr|tali}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yardımcı}}, {{t+|tr|tali}} |
Revision as of 15:53, 30 March 2020
English
Etymology
From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)
- Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary
- Synonym: accessory
- 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:
- […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
- 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7
- [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.
Translations
subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory
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Noun
ancillary (plural ancillaries)
- Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
- (archaic) An auxiliary.
Translations
thing
person
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References
- “ancillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ancillary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ancillary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.