English

Etymology
L. appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, from ad#Latin|ad + propriare to appropriate, from proprius, one's own, proper.

Pronunciation
Verb:
*AHD: �pr�'pri�t
*IPA: /��pr��preɪt/ (RP), /��pro�preɪt/ (US)
*SAMPA: /<tt>@"pr@UprieIt?</tt>/ (RP), /<tt>@"proUpreIt</tt>/ (US)
*audio|en-us-appropriate-verb.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective:
*AHD: �pr�'priĭt or �pr�'pri�t
*IPA: /��pr��priɪt/ or /��pr��pri�t/ (RP), /��pro�priɪt/ or /��pro�pri�t/ (US)
*SAMPA: /<tt>@"pr@UpriIt?</tt>/ or /<tt>@"pr@Upri@t</tt>/ (RP), /<tt>@"proUpriIt</tt>/ or /<tt>@"proUpri@t</tt>/ (US)
*audio|en-us-appropriate-adj.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. obsolete Set apart for a particular use or person.
2. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

#:The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.

1. In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus.

#:Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet.
#:It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. --Locke.

1. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

#:I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me outloud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.

Synonyms
apt
felicitous
fitting

Translations
trans-top|Set apart for a particular use or person
Dutch: aangewezen, geschikt, geschikte
Finnish: sopiva, sovelias
German: zugewiesen
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|apposito
Portuguese: t-|pt|apropriado|m, t-|pt|apropriada|f
Spanish: t-|es|apropiado|m, t-|es|apropiada|f
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trans-top|Hence: Belonging peculiarly
Dutch: geschikt, geschikte, passend, passende
German: angebracht, angemessen, passend
Greek: t|el|κα�άλληλο�|m|sc=Grek (katállilos)
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|apposito
Japanese: ��� (tekisetsu na)
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Verb
en-verb|appropriat|ing

1. transitive To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as in: "let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
2. transitive To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others;&mdash;with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
3. transitive To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley.
4. transitive (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.

Translations
trans-top|To take to one's self in exclusion of others
Dutch: zich toeëigenen
German: aneignen
trans-mid
Spanish: t-|es|adueñarse
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trans-top|To set apart for
Dutch: t-|nl|toewijzen
German: zuweisen
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (jūt� suru)
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trans-top|To make suitable
Dutch: t+|nl|aanpassen
trans-mid
German: t+|de|anpassen
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trans-top|Law: To annex
German: aneignen
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Italian

Adjective
appropriate f

1. Feminine plural form of appropriato

Category:Italian adjective forms

fr:appropriate
gl:appropriate
io:appropriate
it:appropriate
hu:appropriate
pl:appropriate
pt:appropriate
ru:appropriate
simple:appropriate
fi:appropriate
te:appropriate
vi:appropriate
tr:appropriate
zh:appropriate

• 2007-12-23 11:57 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for de

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