apanage

Alternative forms

• appanage

Etymology

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpənɪdʒ/

Noun

apanage (plural apanages)

1. 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)
2. A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.

Verb

apanage (third-person singular simple present apanages, present participle apanaging, simple past and past participle apanaged)

1. (transitive) To confer an apanage upon.

Anagrams

• Pangaea, Pangæa

Etymology

From French apanage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apanaːsjə/, [apʰaˈnæːɕə]

Noun

apanage c (singular definite apanagen, plural indefinite apanager)

1. apanage, appanage

Noun

apanage m (plural apanages)

1. apanage

Verb

apanage

1. first-person singular present indicative of apanager
2. third-person singular present indicative of apanager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of apanager
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of apanager
5. second-person singular imperative of apanager