Definizione monolingua

ancillary

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
2. (archaic) An auxiliary; a subordinate.

ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.
   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:

     […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.

   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7

     [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

Definizione dizionario ancillary

	ausiliare
	subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory

	domestico
	person

	secondario
	subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory

	servo
	person

	subordinato
	subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory

ancillare

assistente

ausiliario

dipendente

sussidiario

Altri significati:

Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.

thing

(archaic) An auxiliary; a subordinate.

Furnishing added support.