different between appurtenance vs means

English

Alternative forms

• appertainance (dated)
• appurtenaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertine? (“I belong, I appertain”). Equivalent to appertain +? -ance. More at appertain.

Pronunciation

• (Northern California, US)

Noun

appurtenance (plural appurtenances)

1. An appendage to something else; an addition.
2. (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
3. The thing to which another pertains.
4. (law) Minor property, such as an outhouse, that passes with the main property when it is sold.

   Synonym: contenement

5. (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

Related terms

• appertain

Translations

English

Etymology

See mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?nz/
• Rhymes: -i?nz

Noun

means

1. plural of mean

means (plural means)

1. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.

   A car is a means of transport.

means pl (plural only) (uncountable)

1. Resources; riches.

   He was living beyond his means.

Usage notes

Frequently contrasted with end (“goal”), as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is process vs. product.

Synonyms

• wherewithal

Translations

Verb

means

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean

Anagrams

• Mensa, Seman, amens, manes, manse, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of me? (“go along, traverse”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.ans/, [?meä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.ans/, [?m???ns]

Participle

me?ns (genitive meantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. going along, passing, traversing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.