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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK, US) enPR: ə-pĕn’dĭks, IPA^(key): /əˈpɛn.dɪks/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /əˈpɪn.dɪks/

Noun[edit]

appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

1. (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
   • , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:

     idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]

2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
3. (anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
4. (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Usage notes[edit]

Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries:

Dictionary or usage guide	Entry	Notes
Merriam-Webster Unabridged online	«appendixes or appendices«	No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary online	«appendixes or appendices«	No other qualification
Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary online	«appendixes or appendices«	No other qualification
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary online	«appendixes or appendices«	No other qualification
Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd edition	«appendixes or appendices«	No other qualification
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language online	«appendices or appendixes«	No other qualification
Garner’s Modern English Usage, fourth edition	«appendixes; appendices«	«Both are correct plural forms for appendix, but appendixes is preferable outside scientific contexts […] Nevertheless, the nonnative plural is more frequent [per Google Books Ngram data] by a 3-to-1 margin.»
OxfordDictionaries.com, UK subset	«appendixes or appendices«	«Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document.»

Synonyms[edit]

• (something attached): addition, attachment; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑˈpɛn.dɪks/
• Hyphenation: ap‧pen‧dix

Noun[edit]

appendix f (plural appendices)

1. An appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information.

   Synonym: aanhangsel

2. A vermiform appendix.

   Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel

3. The appendix of a balloon.

   Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf

Derived terms[edit]

• appendicitis

Descendants[edit]

• → Indonesian: apendiks

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From appendō (“hang upon”) + -ix.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /apˈpen.diks/, [äpˈpɛn̪d̪ɪks̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /apˈpen.diks/, [äpˈpɛn̪d̪iks]

Noun[edit]

appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension

1. supplement, addition
2. appendage
3. barberry (shrub)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	appendix	appendicēs
Genitive	appendicis	appendicum
Dative	appendicī	appendicibus
Accusative	appendicem	appendicēs
Ablative	appendice	appendicibus
Vocative	appendix	appendicēs

[edit]

• appendicium
• appendō
• appensor
• appensus

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

• “appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “appendix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• appendix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• appendix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• apendyks

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɛn.dɨks/
• Rhymes: -ɛndiks
• Syllabification: a‧ppen‧dix

Noun[edit]

appendix m inan

1. (rare) appendix (any addition, particularly to a book)

   Synonyms: aneks, dodatek, uzupełnienie, załącznik

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• appendix in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• appendix in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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  appendix
  
  

  APPENDIX

  Существительные appendix ‘добавление, приложение’ (к книге) и appendix ‘червеобразный отросток слепой кишки’ образуют множественное, число по-разному: первое имеет форму appendices, второе – appendixes.

  Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  appendix [əˊpendɪks]

  n

  (

  pl

  -ices, -ixes)

  1)

  анат.

  червеобра́зный отро́сток, аппе́ндикс

  2) приложе́ние (содержащее библиографию, примечания

  и т.п.

  )

  3) добавле́ние

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  Персональный Сократ > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  [əˈpendɪks]

  appendix аппендикс (аэростата) appendix (pl-ices) добавление appendix добавление appendix дополнение appendix приложение (содержащее библиографию, примечания и т. п.) appendix приложение appendix полигр. приложение appendix анат. червеобразный отросток, аппендикс appendix of tables полигр. приложение в виде таблиц

  English-Russian short dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  English-Russian military dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  1. n приложение, добавление

  2. n анат. аппендикс, придаток, отросток

  3. v редк. давать в приложении

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. addition (noun) addendum; addition; attachment; codicil; epilogue; index; postscript; rider; supplement

  Антонимический ряд:

  English-Russian base dictionary > appendix

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  English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > appendix

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  English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  Существительные appendix (добавление, приложенние к книге, документу) и appendix (червеобразный отросток слепой кишки) образуют множественное число по-разному: первое имеет форму appendices, второе — appendixes.

  English-Russian dictionary of expressions > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  1)

  анат.

  отросток; придаток

  2) червеобразный отросток, аппендикс

  •

  English-russian biological dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  [ə’pendɪks]

  1) добавление, дополнение

  Syn:

  3)

  анат.

  червеобразный отросток, аппендикс

  Англо-русский современный словарь > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  English-Russian big medical dictionary > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  1. приложение (издание или часть текста документа)

  Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > appendix

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  Англо-русский строительный словарь > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  1. [əʹpendıks]

  (pl тж. -dices)

  1. приложение, добавление ()

  2.

  аппендикс, придаток, отросток

  2. [əʹpendıks]

  редк.

  давать в приложении

  НБАРС > appendix

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  appendix
  
  

  сущ.

  appendices или appendixes

  общ.

  приложение

  See:

  * * *

  Англо-русский экономический словарь > appendix

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  Appendix 39
  
  

  приложение номер 39: приложение к правилам Лондонской фондовой биржи со ставками минимальных комиссий брокеров (до 1986 г.); эти комиссии нельзя было делить с агентами, которые помогли найти клиента.

  Англо-русский экономический словарь > Appendix 39

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— Updated example sentences

1	0   0 A small outpouching from the beginning of the large intestine.

2	0   0 Appendix A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).

3	0   0 Appendix Relationships Distinguish From:  annex attachment n. (appendixes, appendices, pl.) ~ Supplemental material that, due to its nature or limitations of space, is placed at the end of a work. Notes:  An [..]

4	0   0 Appendix A small, finger-like tube located where the large and small intestine join. It has no known function.

5	0   0 Appendix A wormlike «pouch» several inches long located near the beginning of the large intestine, in the lower right portion of the abdomen. At this time, the role the appendix plays in the human bo [..]

6	0   0 Appendix enlarge image1a small bag of tissue that is attached to the large intestine. In humans, the appendix has no clear function He had to have his appendix out (= removed).2a section giving extra informati [..]

7	0   0 Appendix 1540s, «subjoined addition to a document or book,» from Latin appendix «an addition, continuation, something attached,» from appendere (see append). Used for «small outgrowth [..]

8	0   0 Appendix A wormlike extension of the cecum in humans; part of the large intestine.

9	0   0 Appendix (revision in progress) À quatre épingles:

10	0   0 Appendix supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch In human anatomy, the appe [..]

11	0   0 Appendix The sleeve on a balloon through which it is inflated; it also provides for the escape of gas from a spherical balloon as the gas expands.

12	0   0 Appendix material which is not part of the main text appearing at the end of the book.

13	0   0 Appendix blinde kishke

14	0   0 Appendix hesofe

15	0   0 Appendix Vestigial tubular pouch of cecum.

16	0   0 Appendix An appendix is text that is near the end a book. Usually, an appendix contains these things: Information that helps some people, but which other people do not need. Information that is not important, [..]

17	0   0 Appendix In Latin it means «the part that hangs.» A human appendix hangs at the end of the large intestine; appendices come at the end of books.

18	0   0 Appendix Additional or supplementary material generally found at the end of a book.

19	0   0 Appendix A blind-ended tube, about 10 cm long, that runs out from the caecum just below the ileocaecal valve. Its functions are not yet fully understood.

20	0   0 Appendix Supplementary material (such as large data tables, examples of questionnaires) usually too extensive to place within a regular manuscript to the point that it would interrupt the flow of the manuscrip [..]

21	0   0 Appendix (n) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book(n) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

22	0   0 Appendix Appendage of intestines (19thc)

23	0   0 Appendix a narrow tube-like pouch attached to the caecum.

24	0   0 Appendix A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).

25	0   0 Appendix Your appendix is a small pouch attached to your large intestine, in the lower right part of your belly. The purpose of the appendix is not clear, but sometimes it gets inflamed and causes appendicitis [..]

26	0   0 Appendix The subserosal Adipose Tissue along the Colon, derived from the Omentum.

27	0   0 Appendix A worm-like blind tube extension from the Cecum.

28	0   0 Appendix A worm-like blind tube extension from the CECUM.

29	0   0 Appendix In insects, a short vein, especially a short continuation after the main vein has changed direction. Apterous.

30	0   0 Appendix A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).

31	0   0 Appendix      short vein, especially that seen as a short continuation after a main vein has changed direction.

32	0   0 Appendix  Supplementary materials added to appellate brief.

33	0   0 Appendix <anatomy> A worm-shaped process projecting from the blind end of the caecum. (27 Sep 1997)

34	0   0 Appendix A thin tube extending from the cecum in the human digestive system.

35	0   0 Appendix Understanding Penny Stocks by Peter Leeds

36	0   0 Appendix (obsolete,_|in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment. *depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, the pl [..]

37	0   0 Appendix appendix organ

38	0   0 Appendix Small, narrow, hollow organ that is part of the large intestine. It has no useful function in humans and occasionally gets infected (appendicitis).

39	0   0 Appendix a pentice, a penthouse. appennagium.

40	0   0 Appendix A small tube hanging off the end of the caecum.

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приложение, добавление, аппендикс, придаток, червеобразный отросток

plural appendixes(US) or appendices(UK)

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

В выражениях, идиомах и прочем

auricular appendix — ушко предсердия  
vermicular appendix — червеобразный отросток  
vesicular appendix — киста маточной трубы  

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Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): appendix
мн. ч.(plural): appendixes or append

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I was quite thin, and I didn’t have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APPENDIX

From Latin: an appendage, from appendere to append.

PRONUNCIATION OF APPENDIX

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPENDIX

Appendix is a noun.

WHAT DOES APPENDIX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of appendix in the English dictionary

The definition of appendix in the dictionary is a body of separate additional material at the end of a book, magazine, etc, esp one that is documentary or explanatory. Other definition of appendix is any part that is dependent or supplementary in nature or function; appendage.

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There comes a moment when we have to face a dilemma while writing some specific words. We think we know how to use them, but in reality, we are not so sure.

They are both nouns that describe something different. An appendix is a text attached to an article or book that includes further information as well as a human body part. «Appendices» are the plural tense.

Origin Of Both Words

The word «appendix» comes from the Latin word «appendere,» which means «hang upon.»

There is a part of the human body that has the name we are talking about. But that word means something else in an entirely different context. Let me tell you a little more about both definitions so you can be clear.

The plural endings of foreign-derived words, like «appendix,» tend to become Anglicized. Across time. Multiple dictionaries now list words in their natural root state. Words like «gymnasiums»/»gymnasia,» «memorandums»/»memoranda,» and cactuses»/»cacti,» and more further.

More than a hundred years ago, the dictionary would have recommended, for the plural of the word «appendix,» «appendices» (in both senses). These days «appendixes» are preferred for both. Several dictionaries give the two options.

The word «appendix» is a homograph. That means it is spelled the same, but the meaning is different.

Do not mistake «Homographs» with «homophones» or «homonyms.»

Homophones are different in spelling or meaning but sound the same, and «homonyms» can be either or both.

Definition 1: Human Body Part

It is a thin, finger-shaped tube that extends out from the colon and rests where the small intestine meets the large intestine.

The appendix used to be viewed as a vestigial organ (organs that have lost their original function through evolution). This theory has changed over the past years. In modern humans, the appendix is a vestige of an organ that in old species had digestive duties. But recent studies imply that the appendix may serve an important mission. Notably, it may serve as a repository for helpful gut bacteria and may safeguard against the loss of symbiotic bacteria supporting digestion.

Scientists assume that the appendix can protect healthy bacteria located in the gut. And, when the gut is affected by an illness that cleans out the intestines, the beneficial bacteria in the appendix can repopulate the digestive system and keep us well.

One of the first investigators to work on the appendix’s function was Charles Darwin, which in his time had been recognized only in humans and other apes. He said that the far ancestors of these animals lived on a diet of leaves. So they required a large pouch, a portion of the gut that holds bacteria that can break down complex plant tissue. Later, he considered, these ancestors shifted to a more significant fruit-based diet that was simpler to digest. A large cecum or pouch was unnecessary, and it started to shrink; today, our cecum is tiny. So, he thought it carried no function.

Appendix disorders

• Appendicitis: It occurs when your appendix gets inflamed. Males have in their lifetime an 8.6 percent risk of appendicitis, according to the World Journal of Gastroenterology.

Females have in their lifetime a 6.7 percent risk of appendicitis.

To handle appendicitis, specialists would conduct an appendectomy to remove it. For unknown reasons, the appendix frequently becomes infected, inflamed, and can rupture. This causes hard pain in the right lower part of the belly, along with vomiting and nausea.

Numerous appendectomies are practiced to prevent disease rather than treat it. The rate of appendectomies is higher.

Appendicitis can pose dangers to your health, but surgery too. Some people question if preventive surgery is the best way.

• Tumors of the appendix: Cancer tumors secrete chemicals that generate frequent diarrhea, flushing, and wheezing. Tumors are lumps in the appendix that can be benign or cancerous. Appendix tumors are not common.

Definition 2: Part Of An Article Or A Book

An appendix includes material that is not a fundamental part of the text. Still, it may be useful in giving a complete understanding of the topic, or it is information that is too large to be incorporated into the body of the writing. A different appendix should be used for each different topic and always have a descriptive title of its contents.

An Appendix may cover some of the following:

• Specialized data
• Sample calculations
• Evidence.
• Technical figures, graphs, statistics
• A detailed description of research instruments
• Letters, emails, and other copies of correspondence
• Survey instruments/Questionnaire, with the results appearing in the text.
• Tables, Maps, charts, drawings, photographs
• Complete transcripts of interviews
• Specification or data sheets
• Full-field notes from observations

If you consider including content in an appendix, keep this in mind:

1. Normally, it is best practice to include raw data.
2. Tables and figures included should be numbered as a separate continuity from the main writing.
3. If you have more than three, list them on a separate page at the start of your paper.
4. The appendix can be a good spot to put non-textual elements, maps, diagrams, and photographs.
5. An appendix should not be loaded with a lot of information.

How to format appendices

• If you add a Table of contents, then you must include the appendix
• Appendices may follow or precede your references list.
• Each appendix begins on a new page.
• «Appendix» should be the heading, followed by a number or letter [«Appendix A» or «Appendix 1»], centered and in bold.
• The content must have the order of a research paper.
• The page number(s) must continue with the numbering from the last page of the text.

It’s important to include appendices for these reasons:

• Data is too detailed to be easily compiled in the body of the article;
• Including this material in the body of the article would interrupt the narrative flow.
• The audience may get distracted from the main content of the paper as a result of the inclusion of helpful, supporting, or valuable material.
• If you have a limit regarding the length of the article.
• Provide information that is easily understood in a contained section.
• Provides a place to demonstrate your point of view of the problem by giving additional details about a new method, specialized information, or design protocols.

How People Use The Phrase

There are not many situations where you can use the word Appendix and its plural form «Appendices.» When you refer to that part of the body, which is one, and when you are talking about that extra part of an article or a book, you include information that complements all you have written, like an evidence section.

In both cases, you can use them in the plural.

Examples Of The Phrase In A Sentence

Here are some examples sentences using both words:

• Depending on the version, it is just under 3000 pages, not including appendices.
• Depending on the version, it is just under 150 pages, not including the appendix.
• The author includes four letters in the appendices that will soften your heart.
• The author includes one letter in the appendix that will soften your heart.
• He published three appendices, all considerably longer than the original article.
• He published all the raw information in the appendix.
• It has two appendices, with the source of information and public numbers.
• It has an appendix, with all the formulas and excel sheets.
• His appendix won’t resist much longer. He needs surgery now.
• The amount of appendices removed in this hospital has broken records in the past year.
• Darwin thought appendices were useless. But, if he were alive in this time, he may think otherwise.
• The appendix can cause a lot of trouble if it gets compromised.

Conclusion

We have covered all the possible uses of the word «appendix» and its plural form. All the examples provided cover both of the meanings of the word. One definition regards an internal part of the body. The other refers to a part of a book or an article used to include information to support the entire writing. There is no possible confusion here, but if somehow you find yourself with doubt, think that one is the plural of the other. If you are referring to something singular, then use «appendix.» That means one. If you use «appendices,» that means two or more.