Meanings
nounattachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)
plural attachments
- countableuncountableThe act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.
2005, Rebecca N. Baergen, Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta, page 71 - countableuncountableA strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
- countableuncountableA dependence, especially a strong one.
Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.
2003, Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug, page 63 - countableuncountableA device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]
1978, Walter H. Wager, Time of reckoning, page 194 - countableuncountableThe means by which something is physically attached.
[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.
2012, Sinikka Elliott, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers, page 46 - countableuncountableclimatologyThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna feeling of affection for a person or an institution
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fond regard
nounfaithful support for a cause or political party or religion
Broader
nounthe act of attaching or affixing something
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchattachement
- Englishattachment
From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَوَدَّة, مُلْحَق
- مَوَدَّة (mawadda)strong bonding towards or with
- مُلْحَق (mulḥaq)process or means by which something is physically attached
- مُرْفَق (murfaq)file sent along with a message
Bulgarian вя́рност, привъ́рзаност
- вя́рност (vjárnost)strong bonding towards or with
- привъ́рзаност (privắrzanost)strong bonding towards or with
- приложе́ние (priložénie)file sent along with a message
Catalan adjunt, fitxer adjunt
- adjuntfile sent along with a message
- fitxer adjuntfile sent along with a message
Chinese Mandarin 附件
- 附件 (fùjiàn)file sent along with a message
Czech příloha
- přílohafile sent along with a message
Danish udlæg, ta udlæg i
- udlæglegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
- ta udlæg ilegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
- fogedforretninglegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Dutch gehechtheid, bijlage
- gehechtheiddependence, especially a strong one
- bijlagefile sent along with a message
- attachmentfile sent along with a message
- beslaglegginglegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Esperanto kunsendaĵo, aldono
- kunsendaĵofile sent along with a message
- aldonofile sent along with a message
Estonian kaasatud fail
- kaasatud failfile sent along with a message
Finnish kiintymys, riippuvuus
- kiintymysstrong bonding towards or with
- riippuvuusdependence, especially a strong one
- lisälaitedevice attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- lisävarustedevice attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- kiinnitysprocess or means by which something is physically attached
- kiinnikeprocess or means by which something is physically attached
- kiinnekohtaprocess or means by which something is physically attached
- liitetiedostofile sent along with a message
- liitefile sent along with a message
- ulosottolegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
French attachement, attachement
- attachementstrong bonding towards or with
- attachementdependence, especially a strong one
- dépendancedependence, especially a strong one
- pièce jointefile sent along with a message
- saisielegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
German Attachment, Anhang
- Attachmentfile sent along with a message
- Anhangfile sent along with a message
- Dateianhangfile sent along with a message
- Anlagefile sent along with a message
Greek αφοσίωση, εξάρτηση
- αφοσίωση (afosíosi)strong bonding towards or with
- εξάρτηση (exártisi)dependence, especially a strong one
- εξάρτημα (exártima)device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- προσάρτηση (prosártisi)process or means by which something is physically attached
- επισύναψη (episýnapsi)file sent along with a message
- κατάσχεση (katáschesi)legal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Hindi लगाव
- लगाव (lagāv)strong bonding towards or with
Hungarian hozzákapcsolás, hozzáerősítés
- hozzákapcsolásthe act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching
- hozzáerősítésthe act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching
- ragaszkodásstrong bonding towards or with
- kötődésstrong bonding towards or with
- ragaszkodásdependence, especially a strong one
- függésdependence, especially a strong one
- függőségdependence, especially a strong one
- tartozékdevice attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- mellékletfile sent along with a message
- csatolmányfile sent along with a message
- letiltáslegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
- lefoglaláslegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Icelandic aðfarargerð
- aðfarargerðlegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Irish ceangaltán, astú
- ceangaltánfile sent along with a message
- astúlegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Italian legame, allegato
- legamestrong bonding towards or with
- allegatofile sent along with a message
Japanese 添付ファイル
- 添付ファイル (tenpu fairu)file sent along with a message
Korean 첨부 파일
- 첨부 파일file sent along with a message
Latin adiunctum
- adiunctumfile sent along with a message
Latvian pielikums
- pielikumsfile sent along with a message
Māori whakapiringa, whakapiringa
- whakapiringadevice attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- whakapiringaprocess or means by which something is physically attached
Norwegian utlegg, ta utlegg i
- utlegglegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
- ta utlegg ilegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Norwegian Bokmål vedlegg, tvangsfullbyrdelse
- vedleggfile sent along with a message
- tvangsfullbyrdelselegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Persian ضمیمه
- ضمیمه (zamime)file sent along with a message
Polish przywiązanie, załącznik
- przywiązaniedependence, especially a strong one
- załącznikfile sent along with a message
Portuguese apego, afeição
- apegostrong bonding towards or with
- afeiçãostrong bonding towards or with
- anexofile sent along with a message
Romanian atașament, atașament
- atașamentstrong bonding towards or with
- atașamentdependence, especially a strong one
- atașareprocess or means by which something is physically attached
Russian привя́занность, ве́рность
- привя́занность (privjázannostʹ)strong bonding towards or with
- ве́рность (vérnostʹ)strong bonding towards or with
- пре́данность (prédannostʹ)dependence, especially a strong one
- приста́вка (pristávka)device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- крепле́ние (kreplénije)device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- приспособле́ние (prisposoblénije)device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
- присоедине́ние (prisojedinénije)process or means by which something is physically attached
- прикрепле́ние (prikreplénije)process or means by which something is physically attached
- вложе́ние (vložénije)file sent along with a message
- приложе́ние (priložénije)file sent along with a message
Scottish Gaelic tlachd
- tlachdstrong bonding towards or with
Spanish prensión, apego
- prensiónthe act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching
- apegostrong bonding towards or with
- cariñostrong bonding towards or with
- aficiónstrong bonding towards or with
- apegamientostrong bonding towards or with
- inhesiónstrong bonding towards or with
- ataduraprocess or means by which something is physically attached
- archivo adjuntofile sent along with a message
- adjunciónfile sent along with a message
- anejofile sent along with a message
- adjuntofile sent along with a message
- documento adjuntofile sent along with a message
Swedish bilaga, bifogad fil
- bilagafile sent along with a message
- bifogad filfile sent along with a message
- exekutionlegal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt
Tamil பற்று
- பற்று (paṟṟu)strong bonding towards or with
Thai ความผูกพันทางจิตใจ
- ความผูกพันทางจิตใจstrong bonding towards or with
Turkish bağlılık, bağlanma
- bağlılıkstrong bonding towards or with
- bağlanmaprocess or means by which something is physically attached
- ekfile sent along with a message
- eklentifile sent along with a message
Ukrainian прихи́льність, укла́дення
- прихи́льність (pryxýlʹnistʹ)strong bonding towards or with
- укла́дення (ukládennja)file sent along with a message
Welsh ychwanegiad
- ychwanegiaddevice attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
Cite this entry
APA
attachment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attachment
MLA
“attachment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attachment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attachment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attachment.
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