apposite
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | apposite |
| Comparatif | more apposite |
| Superlatif | most apposite |
apposite
- Adéquat, pertinent, bien adapté.
Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; […] .
— (Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, dans Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, c.1833-1856)Flora, however, received the remark as if it had been of a most apposite and agreeable nature; approvingly observing aloud that Mr F.’s Aunt had a great deal of spirit.
— (Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, livre 1, chapitre 23 : Machinery in Motion, 1857)Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American.
— (H. L. Mencken, The American Language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United States, chapitre 15 : The Expanding Vocabulary, 1919)
- En apposition.
In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives.
— (University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 34, page 262, 1971)
- Connexe, homologue.
If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate.
— (David Skeele, "All That Monarchs Do": The Obscured Stages of Authority in Pericles, in Pericles: Critical Essays, 2000)
Antonymes
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[modifier le wikicode]Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens
[modifier le wikicode]Nom commun
[modifier le wikicode]| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| apposite \Prononciation ?\ |
apposites \Prononciation ?\ |
apposite
- (Rare) Ce qui est convenable.
Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites […] , but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts.
— (Charles L. Marson, Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1901)
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- (Royaume-Uni) : \ˈapəzɪt\
- Royaume-Uni (Sud de l'Angleterre) : écouter « apposite [Prononciation ?] »
Références
[modifier le wikicode]- Cette page utilise des informations de l’article du Wiktionnaire en anglais, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 : apposite. (liste des auteurs et autrices)
Forme d’adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]| Singulier | Pluriel | |
|---|---|---|
| Masculin | apposito \ap.ˈpɔ.zi.to\ |
appositi \ap.ˈpɔ.zi.ti\ |
| Féminin | apposita \ap.ˈpɔ.zi.ta\ |
apposite \ap.ˈpɔ.zi.te\ |
apposite \ap.ˈpɔ.zi.te\
- Féminin pluriel de apposito.
Anagrammes
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Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]Adverbe
[modifier le wikicode]apposite \Prononciation ?\
- De façon appropriée.
- Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter)
Forme d’adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]apposite \Prononciation ?\
- Vocatif masculin singulier de appositus.
Références
[modifier le wikicode]- « apposite », dans Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire latin français, Hachette, 1934 → consulter cet ouvrage