affiliation

English

Etymology

From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

affiliation (countable and uncountable, plural affiliations)

1. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
2. (law) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia‎^[1], page 114:

     […] he did not […] forget to write to Mark a stinging letter in which he stated that if he refused to accept his responsibilities he would see that an action for affiliation was brought against him.

   • 1978, A.G. Chloros, editor, The Reform of Family Law in Europe‎^[2], Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media:

     If the defendant is adjudged to be the father, an affiliation order can be made under which he will be obliged to pay any expenses incidental to the birth and to pay a weekly sum for the maintenance and education of the child.

   • 2001, Jane Wright, Tort Law and Human Rights‎^[3], Oxford: and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, page 117:

     The complaint in Marckx related to the fact that according to Belgian law, birth did not create a legal bond between a child and its unmarried mother. Under the Civil Code the mother had to follow an affiliation procedure which would result in adoption of the child.

3. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

Derived terms

• church affiliation
• disaffiliation
• mosque affiliation
• post-affiliation
• pre-affiliation
• reaffiliation
• unaffiliation

 

Translations

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another

• Azerbaijani: mənsubiyyət
• Bengali: আসক্তি (bn) f (aśokti) সম্বন্ধিকরণ f (śombondhikron), বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অন্তর্ভুক্তি f (biśśobiddaloẏer ontorbhukti), সমাজভুক্তি f (śomajobhukti)
• Bulgarian: сдружаване (sdružavane)
• Czech: přidružení f, přičlenění f, vztah (cs) m, propojení n
• Dutch: samenhorigheid (nl) f, gebondenheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yhteys (fi), kytkös (fi)
• German: Zugehörigkeit (de) f, Verbindung (de) f
• Greek: δεσμός (el) m (desmós)
• Indonesian: afiliasi (id)
• Italian: affiliazione (it) f, legame (it) m
• Polish: powiązanie (pl) n, afiliacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: afiliação (pt) f, filiação (pt) f
• Romanian: afiliație (ro) f, afiliere (ro) f
• Russian: присоедине́ние (ru) n (prisojedinénije) (accession, joining), чле́нство (ru) n (člénstvo) (membership), связь (ru) f (svjazʹ) (relationship, connection)
• Serbo-Croatian: pripadnost (sh) f
• Spanish: afiliación (es) f, filiación (es) f

A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union

• Bulgarian: сдружение (bg) (sdruženie)
• Czech: sdružení (cs) n, spolek (cs) m, svaz (cs) m
• Finnish: liitto (fi), yhtymä (fi)
• German: Zusammenschluss (de) m
• Greek: σύνδεσμος (el) m (sýndesmos)
• Hebrew: שיוך ארגוני m
• Hungarian: szövetség (hu) sg
• Italian: appartenenza (it) f, iscrizione (it) f
• Polish: związek (pl) m, afiliacja (pl) f
• Romanian: uniune (ro) f
• Russian: сою́з (ru) m (sojúz), объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi.lja.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

affiliation f (plural affiliations)

1. affiliation

Further reading

• “affiliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.