Meanings
comparative more adjoining · superlative most adjoining
- Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
an adjoining room
2 more examples
The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."
1902, Robert B. Ross, editor, History of the Knaggs family of Ohio and Michigan, retrieved 22 Jul 2013, page 46He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms.
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect SpySynonyms: contiguous, bordering, adjacent
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of adjoin
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing in contact at some point or line; joining to.
Origin
- Latinadiungō“join to”
- Old Frenchajoindre
- Middle Englishajoinen
- Englishadjoining
From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πρόσχορος
- πρόσχορος (próskhoros)being in contact at some point
Danish tilgrænsende, tilstødende
- tilgrænsendebeing in contact at some point
- tilstødendebeing in contact at some point
Dutch naburig
- naburigbeing in contact at some point
German benachbart, angrenzend
- benachbartbeing in contact at some point
- angrenzendbeing in contact at some point
Italian adiacente, attiguo
- adiacentebeing in contact at some point
- attiguobeing in contact at some point
Latin confīnis
- confīnisbeing in contact at some point
Māori tūtata, piritaha
- tūtatabeing in contact at some point
- piritahabeing in contact at some point
Norwegian Bokmål tilgrensende, tilstøtende
- tilgrensendebeing in contact at some point
- tilstøtendebeing in contact at some point
Polish sąsiedni, przyległy
- sąsiednibeing in contact at some point
- przyległybeing in contact at some point
Portuguese adjacente
- adjacentebeing in contact at some point
Russian прилега́ющий, примыка́ющий
- прилега́ющий (prilegájuščij)being in contact at some point
- примыка́ющий (primykájuščij)being in contact at some point
Spanish contiguo, colindante
- contiguobeing in contact at some point
- colindantebeing in contact at some point
Swedish angränsande
- angränsandebeing in contact at some point
Cite this entry
adjoining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjoining
“adjoining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjoining. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adjoining,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjoining.
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