attachment

English

Etymology

From French attachement, equivalent to attach +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)

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.
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
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.
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, […]
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.
(computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
(law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
attachment of earnings
(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 therapy
non-attachment
preattachment
preferential attachment
reactive attachment disorder

Translations

the act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching

Hungarian: hozzákapcsolás, hozzáerősítés

strong bonding towards or with

Armenian: կապվածություն (hy) (kapvacutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: bağlılıq
Belarusian: прыхі́льнасць f (pryxílʹnascʹ)
Bulgarian: вярност (bg) (vjarnost), привързаност (bg) (privǎrzanost)
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) (aṭuppaṃ)
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
Ukrainian: прихи́льність (uk) f (pryxýlʹnistʹ)

dependence, especially a strong one

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} преданост (bg) (predanost)
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, 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 f
Turkish: bağlanma (tr)

file sent along with a message

Arabic: مُرْفَق‎ (ar) m (murfaq)
Armenian: կցորդ (hy) (kcʿord), 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)
Italian: allegato (it) m
Japanese: 添付ファイル (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
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) (argelankʿ)
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, lefoglalás
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)

attachment (to an email)
Synonym: bijlage
(psychology) attachment, personal bonding