attenant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at.nɑ̃/

Participle

attenant

1. present participle of attenir

Adjective

attenant (feminine attenante, masculine plural attenants, feminine plural attenantes)

1. adjacent (à to)
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 2, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:

     Le palais épiscopal de Digne était attenant à l’hôpital.

     — The Bishop's Palace in Digne was next to the hospital.

   • 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1; translated 1908 by anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), as The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN:

     Cette nuit, pendant que le maître travaillait dans son laboratoire, on a tenté d’assassiner Mlle Stangerson, qui reposait dans une chambre attenante à ce laboratoire.

     — Last night, whilst the Professor was in his laboratory, an attempt was made on the life of Mademoiselle Stangerson, who was sleeping in an adjoining room.

Further reading

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