attachment

Language

English

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Etymology

From French Category:English terms borrowed from French#ATTACHMENT Category:English terms derived from French#ATTACHMENT attachement. By surface analysis, attach +‎ -mentCategory:English terms suffixed with -ment#ATTACHMENT.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#ATTACHMENT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ATTACHMENT
Audio (US): (file)
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Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)Category:English lemmas#ATTACHMENT Category:English nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:English uncountable nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:English countable nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:English countable nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ATTACHMENT Category:Pages with entries#ATTACHMENT Category:Pages with 2 entries#ATTACHMENT

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- 2005, Rebecca N. Baergen, Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta, page 71:
  The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.
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A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!Category:English terms with usage examples#ATTACHMENT
A dependence, especially a strong one.
- 2003, Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug, page 63:
  Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.
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A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- 1978, Walter H. Wager, Time of reckoning, page 194:
  Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]
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The means by which something is physically attached.
- 2012, Sinikka Elliott, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers, page 46:
  [The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.
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(computing Category:en:Computing#ATTACHMENT) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
(law Category:en:Law#ATTACHMENT) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
attachment of earningsCategory:English terms with collocations#ATTACHMENT
(meteorology Category:en:Meteorology#ATTACHMENT) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

Derived terms

Translations

the act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching

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strong bonding towards or with — see also affection

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Arabic: مَوَدَّة f (mawadda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ATTACHMENT
Armenian: կապվածություն (hy) (kapvacutʻyun)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ATTACHMENT
Azerbaijani: bağlılıqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ATTACHMENT
Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць f (pryxílʹnascʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ATTACHMENT
Bulgarian: вя́рност (bg) f (vjárnost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ATTACHMENT, привъ́рзаност (bg) f (privǎ́rzanost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Finnish: kiintymys (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT
French: attachement (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ATTACHMENT
Greek: αφοσίωση (el) f (afosíosi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ATTACHMENT
Hindi: लगाव (hi) m (lagāv)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ATTACHMENT
Hungarian: ragaszkodás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT, kötődés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Italian: legame (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ATTACHMENT
Ladino: atamiento mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#ATTACHMENT
Malayalam: അടുപ്പം (ml) (aṭuppaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#ATTACHMENT
Portuguese: apego (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ATTACHMENT, afeição (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ATTACHMENT
Romanian: atașament (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ATTACHMENT
Russian: привя́занность (ru) f (privjázannostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT, ве́рность (ru) f (vérnostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT
Sanskrit: निष्ठा (sa) f (niṣṭhā)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#ATTACHMENT
Scottish Gaelic: tlachd fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#ATTACHMENT
Spanish: apego (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, cariño (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, afición (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, apegamiento mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, inhesión fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT (rare)
Tamil: பற்று (ta) (paṟṟu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#ATTACHMENT
Thai: ความผูกพันทางจิตใจ (th)Category:Terms with Thai translations#ATTACHMENT
Tocharian B: trenkeCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#ATTACHMENT
Turkish: bağlılık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ATTACHMENT
Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muhabbet)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#ATTACHMENT
Ukrainian: прихи́льність (uk) f (pryxýlʹnistʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ATTACHMENT

dependence, especially a strong one

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} пре́даност (bg) f (prédanost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ATTACHMENT Category:Requests for review of Bulgarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Dutch: gehechtheid (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ATTACHMENT
Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT
French: attachement (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ATTACHMENT, dépendance (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#ATTACHMENT
Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ATTACHMENT
Hungarian: ragaszkodás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT, függés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT, függőség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Polish: przywiązanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ATTACHMENT
Romanian: atașament (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ATTACHMENT
Russian: пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT
Telugu: మమకారము (te) (mamakāramu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#ATTACHMENT

device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool

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Finnish: lisälaite (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT, lisävaruste (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT
Greek: εξάρτημα (el) n (exártima)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ATTACHMENT
Hungarian: tartozék (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Ido: atachuro (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#ATTACHMENT
Māori: whakapiringaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ATTACHMENT
Russian: приста́вка (ru) f (pristávka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT, крепле́ние (ru) n (kreplénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT, приспособле́ние (ru) n (prisposoblénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT
Welsh: ychwanegiad (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ATTACHMENT

process or means by which something is physically attached

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Arabic: مُلْحَق m (mulḥaq)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ATTACHMENT
Asturian: ataduraCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#ATTACHMENT
Finnish: kiinnitys (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT, kiinnike (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT, kiinnekohta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT
Greek: προσάρτηση (el) f (prosártisi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ATTACHMENT
Ladino: atadura fCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#ATTACHMENT
Māori: whakapiringaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ATTACHMENT
Romanian: atașare (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ATTACHMENT
Russian: присоедине́ние (ru) n (prisojedinénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT, прикрепле́ние (ru) n (prikreplénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT
Spanish: atadura (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT
Turkish: bağlanma (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ATTACHMENT

file sent along with a message — see also annex,‎ adjunct,‎ appendix

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Arabic: مُرْفَق (ar) m (murfaq)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ATTACHMENT
Armenian: կցորդ (hy) (kcʻord)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ATTACHMENT, առդիր (hy) (aṙdir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ATTACHMENT
Belarusian: уклада́нне n (ukladánnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ATTACHMENT
Bulgarian: приложе́ние (bg) n (priložénie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Catalan: adjunt mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ATTACHMENT, fitxer adjunt mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ATTACHMENT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 附件 (zh) (fùjiàn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ATTACHMENT
Czech: příloha (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ATTACHMENT
Dutch: bijlage (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ATTACHMENT, attachment (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ATTACHMENT
Esperanto: kunsendaĵoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ATTACHMENT, aldonoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ATTACHMENT
Estonian: kaasatud failCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ATTACHMENT
Finnish: liitetiedosto (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT, liite (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ATTACHMENT
French: pièce jointe (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ATTACHMENT
Georgian: დანართი (danarti)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ATTACHMENT
German: Attachment (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#ATTACHMENT, Anhang (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#ATTACHMENT, Dateianhang mCategory:Terms with German translations#ATTACHMENT, Anlage (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ATTACHMENT
Greek: επισύναψη (el) f (episýnapsi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ATTACHMENT
Hungarian: melléklet (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT, csatolmány (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ATTACHMENT
Irish: ceangaltán mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ATTACHMENT
Italian: allegato (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ATTACHMENT
Japanese: 添付ファイル (てんぷファイル, tenpu fairu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ATTACHMENT
Korean: 첨부 파일 (cheombu pail)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ATTACHMENT
Latin: adiunctum nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#ATTACHMENT (New Latin)
Latvian: pielikums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#ATTACHMENT
Macedonian: прилог m (prilog)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ATTACHMENT, припратка f (pripratka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ATTACHMENT
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vedlegg (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ATTACHMENT

Nynorsk: vedlegg nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ATTACHMENT
Persian: ضمیمه (fa) (zamime)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ATTACHMENT
Polish: załącznik (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ATTACHMENT
Portuguese: anexo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ATTACHMENT
Russian: вложе́ние (ru) n (vložénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT, приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ATTACHMENT
Spanish: archivo adjunto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, adjunción (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, anejo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, adjunto (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT, documento adjunto mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ATTACHMENT
Swedish: bilaga (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ATTACHMENT, bifogad filCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ATTACHMENT
Turkish: ek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ATTACHMENT, eklenti (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ATTACHMENT
Ukrainian: укла́дення n (ukládennja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ATTACHMENT

legal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:Dutch terms borrowed from English#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch terms derived from English#ATTACHMENT attachment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛˈtɛtʃmənt/, /ɑˈtɛtʃmənt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ATTACHMENT
Audio: (file)
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Hyphenation: at‧tach‧ment

Noun

attachment m or n (plural attachments, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch masculine nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch neuter nouns#ATTACHMENT Category:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#ATTACHMENT Category:Pages with entries#ATTACHMENT Category:Pages with 2 entries#ATTACHMENT

attachment (to an email)
Synonym: bijlage
(psychology Category:nl:Psychology#ATTACHMENT) attachment, personal bonding

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