codicil

codicil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒdɪsɪl/, /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/

• Audio (southern England)

  (file)

Noun

codicil (plural codicils)

1. (law) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
2. An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
   • 2004, Barbara Alice Mann, “The Greenville Treaty of 1795: Pen-and-Ink Witchcraft in the Struggle for the Old Northwest”, in Bruce E. Johansen, editor, Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies‎, Praeger, page 155:

     So insistent was this demand that the Wyandot actually received a codicil to the treaty […]

   • 2023 January 26, Christopher Caldwell, “It’s Anyone’s Guess What Will Happen in Northern Ireland in the Next 12 Weeks”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     Those loose ends were tied up in a little-understood clarification of Brexit called the Northern Ireland protocol, ratified in January 2020. It looked like a mere codicil three years ago; now it looks like a serious diplomatic blunder that could threaten Britain’s territory and the region’s peace.

3. (by extension) Any appendix or addition.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193, page 378:

     If Nick answered a question Wani listened to him and then gave a flat little codicil or correction.

Translations

addition made to a will

Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܡܓܠܬܐ‎ f Dutch: codicil (nl) n,bijvoegsel (nl) n,aanhangsel (nl) n Esperanto: kodicilo French: codicille (fr) m Galician: codicilo m Ido: kodicilo (io) Italian: codicillo m Latin: cōdicillus m Manx: co-screeuyn çhymnee m pl Polish: kodycyl m Portuguese: codicilo (pt) m Russian: кодици́л m (kodicíl), кодици́лл m (kodicíll) Spanish: codicilo (es) m

Verb

codicil (third-person singular simple present codicils, present participle codiciling or codicilling, simple past and past participle codiciled or codicilled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To add a codicil to something.

Anagrams

• clidoic

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin codicillum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko.diˈsil/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku.diˈsil/

Noun

codicil m (plural codicils)

1. codicil

Derived terms

• codicil·lar

Further reading

• “codicil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch codicille, from Latin cōdicillus.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkoː.diˈsil/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧di‧cil
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

codicil n (plural codicillen or codicils, diminutive codicilletje n)

1. codicil

Derived terms

• donorcodicil

References

1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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Romanian

Etymology

From French codicille, from Latin codicillus.

Noun

codicil n (plural codicile)

1. codicil

Declension

Declension of codicil

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) codicil	codicilul	(niște) codicile	codicilele
genitive/dative	(unui) codicil	codicilului	(unor) codicile	codicilelor
vocative	codicilule		codicilelor