add-on

See also: addon and add on

English

Alternative forms

• addon

Etymology

Deverbal from add on.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

add-on (plural add-ons)

1. (sometimes attributive) Something which can be appended to something else.
   • 1969, Edward D. Giacomini, California Retail Installment Sales, page 172:

     Payments made before an add-on sale must be allocated entirely to the previous contract or contracts.

2. (computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.
   • 2010, Kenneth Baldauf, Ralph Stair, Succeeding with Technology, page 77:

     Microdrives that can hold several gigabytes (see Figure 2.20) have been available as add-ons for portable devices.

3. (poker) Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.
4. (video games) Synonym of expansion pack.

Synonyms

• (something which can be appended to something else): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
• (computing): add-in, plug-in

Translations

something which can be appended to something else

Danish: tilføjelse c Finnish: lisä (fi) French: ajout (fr) m, extension (fr) f German: Erweiterung (de) f Macedonian: додаток m (dodatok) Portuguese: extensão (pt) f Russian: добавле́ние (ru) n (dobavlénije), расшире́ние (ru) n (rasširénije)

software: extension of core application

Czech: doplněk (cs) m Danish: tillægsprogram n, tillæg n Esperanto: kromprogramo Finnish: laajennus (fi) French: extension (fr), addiciel (fr) m German: Erweiterung (de) f; (colloquial:) Addon n / Add-on (de) n / Add-On n Indonesian: pengaya Macedonian: додаток m (dodatok) Polish: dodatek (pl) m Portuguese: extensão (pt) f, complemento (pt) m, suplemento (pt) m, adicional (pt) m, extra (pt) m, add-on (pt) m Russian: аддо́н (ru) m (addón), програ́мма-дополне́ние f (prográmma-dopolnénije) Spanish: extensión (es) f Swedish: tillägg (sv) n, tilläggsprogram n Turkish: eklenti (tr) Ukrainian: дода́ток m (dodátok) Vietnamese: phần mở rộng

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Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: допълнение (bg) (dopǎlnenie), допълнително количество (dopǎlnitelno količestvo) Danish: tillæg

See also

• look and feel
• peripheral
• skin

References

• add-on on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dando, Donda

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English add-on.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdõ/

Noun

add-on m (plural add-ons)

1. (software) add-on (extension of core application)