French Conversation · Level 94
58 words
French word
annexer
Pronunciation
IPA/anɛkse/
Meaning
- verbattach
Example
Peux-tu annexer le fichier au courriel ?
Can you attach the file to the email?
More examples
Le pays a annexé le territoire voisin.
The country annexed the neighboring territory.
Core concept
An added piece fastened onto an existing whole and treated as part of it.
Common phrases
annexer un fichier
attach a file
annexer un document
attach a document
annexer à un contrat
attach to a contract
Similar words
joindre: To include a file or document with an email or in an envelope for sending.
insérer: To insert text or an image into another document or body of content.
attacher: To fasten paper or an object to something else with tape, a clip, or similar means.
ajouter: To add another element to something that already exists.
Definition in French
Ajouter quelque chose à un ensemble existant de façon à ce qu'il soit intégré, souvent avec une valeur formelle ou juridique.
Word origin
French annexer comes from Latin annexare, based on annectere, "to bind to", whose joining sense developed into formal attachment and incorporation.
Usage tips
- In everyday email French, joindre or mettre en pièce jointe is often more natural than the formal-sounding annexer.