ancillary C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/ UK /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/ See IPA manual Freq #54286 Meanings 1 adj furnishing added support An ancillary pump. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · furnishing added support adjunct More auxiliarysubsidiarysupplementalsupplementarysupporting Word family Forms ancillaries Common collocations ancillary support Adjective + noun Etymology From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”). ancillāris Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ancillary **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/ **IPA (UK):** /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/ **Frequency rank:** 54286 ## Meanings 1. furnishing added support ## Examples - An ancillary pump. ## Synonyms - adjunct - auxiliary - subsidiary - supplemental - supplementary - supporting ## Roots and Affixes - Root: ancillāris ## Etymology From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to maids”), from ancilla (“maid”). ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown