English Online Dictionary. What means adjacent? What does adjacent mean?
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “OED says this comes from middle/old French, then from Latin”) Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈad͡ʒːəˌsenʈ/
Adjective
adjacent (not comparable)
- Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near
- Antonyms: apart, distant, nonadjacent
- Just before, after, or facing.
- (figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
adjacent (plural adjacents)
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Preposition
adjacent
- Next to; beside.
- (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Usage notes
This preposition is usually used with the word to, i.e., "adjacent to". However, in the U.S., adjacent is sometimes used on its own.
References
- Bromwich, Jonah Engel (2019 July 16) “Why Is Everything ‘Adjacent’ Now?”, in The New York Times[4], retrieved July 26, 2019
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiacentem. Doublet of eina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.d͡ʒəˈsen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.d͡ʒəˈsent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒaˈsent]
Adjective
adjacent m or f (masculine and feminine plural adjacents)
- adjacent (lying next to)
Further reading
- “adjacent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “adjacent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “adjacent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adjacent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiacentem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”). Doublet of aise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dʒa.sɑ̃/
Adjective
adjacent (feminine adjacente, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentes)
- adjacent
Further reading
- “adjacent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
adjacent
- third-person plural present active indicative of adjaceō
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacēntem, present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin, border”).
Adjective
adjacent m (feminine singular adjacenta, masculine plural adjacents, feminine plural adjacentas)
- adjacent (lying next to)
Polish
Noun
adjacent m pers
- Pre-1936 spelling of adiacent.