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Apanage
Definition 2024
apanage
apanage
See also: apanagé
English
Alternative forms
Noun
apanage (plural apanages)
- A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
- 1942: they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1046)
- A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.
Translations
grant as a birthright
Verb
apanage (third-person singular simple present apanages, present participle apanaging, simple past and past participle apanaged)
- (transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apanaːsjə/, [apʰaˈnæːɕə]
Noun
apanage c (singular definite apanagen, plural indefinite apanager)
Inflection
Inflection of apanage
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | apanage | apanagen | apanager | apanagerne |
genitive | apanages | apanagens | apanagers | apanagernes |
External links
- “apanage” in Den Danske Ordbog
- apanage on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da