ancillary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ɛːnˈsɪl.ə.ɹi] (Australia)
- /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- [ˈɛn.səˌlɛɹ.i] (Canada, General-American)
- audio Queensland
- /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹi/ (Australia)
Etymology
From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to female slaves”), from ancilla (“slave-woman”).
Meanings
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Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
[…] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.
1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:[E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.
1898, John Wesley Powell, “Chapter 7”, in Truth and Error:The cafeteria is primarily used by students and staff (academic, administrative, and ancillary).
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:The same doctrinaire belief, inherited from Marxist tradition, in the ancillary function of culture and its absolute dependence on technology led Bogdanov to the theory of 'proletarian culture' (Proletkult) and the belief that it was the proletariat's mission to effect a clean break in cultural history.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 443:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ancillary | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ancillary | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ancillarily · nonancillary · ancillary travel services · ancillariness · ancillary relief
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Synonyms
Translations (51)
fi tukeva (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ru подчинённый (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fr secondaire (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · es ancilario (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · es auxiliar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · de zusatz- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fr ancillaire (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · sv underordnad (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · de neben- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · bg спомагателен (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt subordinado (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ur مُعاوِن (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · da sekundær (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · it ausiliare (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt secundário (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · az köməkçi (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · it secondario (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ru дополни́тельный (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · tr yardımcı (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pl akcesoryczny (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ar مُلْحَق (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · gl secundario (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ca auxiliar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · es ancilar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fi toissijainen (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt auxiliar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · gl auxiliar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fr subordonné (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fi avustava (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ru вспомога́тельный (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · nl ondergeschikt (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · ru подсо́бный (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt ancilar (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pl podporządkowany (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · sv sekundär (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · tr tali (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fr auxiliaire (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fi tuki- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pl pomocniczy (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · it subordinato (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · da underordnet (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fi apu- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · de hilfs- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt auxiliário (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · bg помощен (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · az əlavə (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · es secundario (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pt ancilário (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · pl podrzędny (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · nl ondersteunend (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) · fi oheis- (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)