ancillary

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈænsəˌleɹiː/

Adjective

ancillary

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary

   Synonyms: 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

• French: subordonné, secondaire, auxiliaire, ancillaire
• German: hilfs-, neben-, zusatz-
• Italian: subordinato, secondario, ausiliare
• Portuguese: subordinado, secundário, auxiliar, ancilário, ancilar, auxiliário
• Russian: вспомога́тельный
• Spanish: secundario, auxiliar

Noun

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
2. (archaic) An auxiliary.

Translations

• French: accessoire
• Russian: вспомогательный
• Spanish: auxiliar, accesorio, apoyo,

Translations

• French: domestique, serviteur, boy, aide à la personne, employé de maison
• Italian: domestico, servo
• Russian: подчинённый
• Spanish: auxiliar, ayudante, subordinado, subordinada, criado

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