attachment

English

Etymology

From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)

1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
   • 2005, Rebecca N. Baergen, Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta, page 71:

     The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.

2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

   I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

3. A dependence, especially a strong one.
   • 2003, Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug, page 63:

     Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.

4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
   • 1978, Walter H. Wager, Time of reckoning, page 194:

     Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]

5. The means by which something is physically attached.
   • 2012, Sinikka Elliott, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers, page 46:

     [The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.

6. (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
7. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

   attachment of earnings

8. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
   • 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

Derived terms

• aeolian attachment
• attachment disorder
• attachment of earnings
• attachment parenting
• attachment therapy
• chemoattachment
• cryoattachment
• misattachment
• non-attachment
• nonattachment
• overattachment
• postattachment
• preattachment
• preferential attachment
• reactive attachment disorder
• reattachment
• unattachment
• writ of attachment

 

Translations

the act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching

• Hungarian: hozzákapcsolás (hu), hozzáerősítés (hu)

strong bonding towards or with

• Arabic: مَوَدَّة f (mawadda)
• Armenian: կապվածություն (hy) (kapvacutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bağlılıq
• Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць f (pryxílʹnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: вя́рност (bg) f (vjárnost), привъ́рзаност (bg) f (privǎ́rzanost)
• Finnish: kiintymys (fi)
• French: attachement (fr) m
• Greek: αφοσίωση (el) f (afosíosi)
• Hindi: लगाव (hi) m (lagāv)
• Hungarian: ragaszkodás (hu), kötődés (hu)
• Italian: legame (it) m
• Ladino: atamiento m
• Malayalam: അടുപ്പം (ml) (aṭuppaṁ)
• Portuguese: apego (pt) m, afeição (pt) f
• Romanian: atașament (ro) n
• Russian: привя́занность (ru) f (privjázannostʹ), ве́рность (ru) f (vérnostʹ)
• Sanskrit: निष्ठा (sa) f (niṣṭhā)
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachd f
• Spanish: apego (es) m, cariño (es), afición (es) f
• Tocharian B: trenke
• Turkish: bağlılık (tr)
• Ukrainian: прихи́льність (uk) f (pryxýlʹnistʹ)

dependence, especially a strong one

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} пре́даност (bg) f (prédanost)
• Dutch: gehechtheid (nl) f
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
• French: attachement (fr) m, dépendance (fr) f
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
• Hungarian: ragaszkodás (hu), függés (hu), függőség (hu)
• Polish: przywiązanie (pl) n
• Romanian: atașament (ro) n
• Russian: пре́данность (ru) f (prédannostʹ)
• Telugu: మమకారము (te) (mamakāramu)

device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool

• Finnish: lisälaite (fi), lisävaruste (fi)
• Greek: εξάρτημα (el) n (exártima)
• Hungarian: tartozék (hu)
• Ido: atachuro (io)
• Maori: whakapiringa
• Russian: приста́вка (ru) f (pristávka), крепле́ние (ru) n (kreplénije), приспособле́ние (ru) n (prisposoblénije)
• Welsh: ychwanegiad (cy) m

process or means by which something is physically attached

• Arabic: مُلْحَق m (mulḥaq)
• Asturian: atadura
• Finnish: kiinnitys (fi), kiinnike (fi), kiinnekohta (fi)
• Greek: προσάρτηση (el) f (prosártisi)
• Ladino: atadura f
• Maori: whakapiringa
• Romanian: atașare (ro) f
• Russian: присоедине́ние (ru) n (prisojedinénije), прикрепле́ние (ru) n (prikreplénije)
• Spanish: atadura (es) f
• Turkish: bağlanma (tr)

file sent along with a message

• Arabic: مُرْفَق (ar) m (murfaq)
• Armenian: կցորդ (hy) (kcʻord), առդիր (hy) (aṙdir)
• Belarusian: уклада́нне n (ukladánnje)
• Bulgarian: приложе́ние (bg) n (priložénie)
• Catalan: adjunt m, fitxer adjunt m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附件 (zh) (fùjiàn)

• Dutch: bijlage (nl) f, attachment (nl) n
• Esperanto: kunsendaĵo, aldono
• Estonian: kaasatud fail
• Finnish: liitetiedosto (fi), liite (fi)
• French: pièce jointe (fr)
• Georgian: დანართი (danarti)
• German: Attachment (de) n, Anhang (de) m, Dateianhang m, Anlage (de) f
• Greek: επισύναψη (el) f (episýnapsi)
• Hungarian: melléklet (hu), csatolmány (hu)
• Irish: ceangaltán m
• Italian: allegato (it) m
• Japanese: 添付ファイル (てんぷファイル, tenpu fairu)
• Korean: 첨부 파일 (cheombu pail)
• Macedonian: прилог m (prilog), припратка f (pripratka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vedlegg (no) n

  Nynorsk: vedlegg n

• Persian: ضمیمه (fa) (zamime)
• Polish: załącznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: anexo (pt) m
• Russian: вложе́ние (ru) n (vložénije), приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije)
• Spanish: archivo adjunto m, adjunción (es) f, anejo (es) m
• Swedish: bilaga (sv) c, bifogad fil
• Turkish: ek (tr), eklenti (tr)
• Ukrainian: укла́дення n (ukládennja)

legal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt

• Armenian: արգելանք (hy) (argelankʻ)
• Danish: udlæg n, ta udlæg i, fogedforretning c
• Dutch: beslaglegging (nl) f
• Faroese: fútarættargerð, fútamál
• Finnish: ulosotto (fi)
• French: saisie (fr) f
• Greek: κατάσχεση (el) f (katáschesi)
• Hungarian: letiltás (hu), lefoglalás (hu)
• Icelandic: aðfarargerð f
• Irish: astú m
• Norwegian: utlegg n, ta utlegg i

  Bokmål: tvangsfullbyrdelse

  Nynorsk: tvangsfullføring

• Spanish: ejecución (es) f
• Swedish: exekution (sv)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English attachment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈtɛtʃmənt/, /ɑˈtɛtʃmənt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: at‧tach‧ment

Noun

attachment m or n (plural attachments)

1. attachment (to an email)

   Synonym: bijlage

2. (psychology) attachment, personal bonding