affiliate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- ‎ fīlius ‎ -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō ‎ -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).

Pronunciation

Noun:

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈfɪl.i.ət/
Audio (US): (file)

Verb

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

affiliate (plural affiliates)

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
- 1999 July 29, Chris Sobieniak, “Weird 3d NFB animated short(any canadians in here?)”, in rec.arts.animation‎^[1] (Usenet):
  They used to been^[sic] more of a Detroit channel, as they had showed a lot of American programs, aside from being the CBC affiliate.

Derived terms

Translations

something that is affiliated

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: съдружник (bg) (sǎdružnik), филиал (bg) (filial)
Dutch: filiaal (nl) n, dochteronderneming (nl) f
Finnish: tytäryhtiö (fi)
German: Tochterunternehmen (de) n, Tochtergesellschaft (de) f, Zweigunternehmen n, Zweigniederlassung f, Tochter (de) f, Geschäftspartner (de) m (business partner), verbundenes Unternehmen n, angeschlossenes Unternehmen n, angegliederte Gesellschaft f, Mitgliedsorganisation f
Hungarian: tagvállalat, tagszervezet (hu), leányvállalat (hu), fiókvállalat (hu)
Spanish: afiliado (es) m, afiliada (es) f, filial (es) f
Swedish: filial (sv) c, dotterbolag (sv) n

Verb

affiliate (third-person singular simple present affiliates, present participle affiliating, simple past and past participle affiliated)

(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
  Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
(transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- 1855, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology:
  How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Derived terms

Translations

to adopt — see adopt

to fix the paternity of

Bulgarian: осиновявам (bg) (osinovjavam)
Finnish: määrittää isyys
German: aufnehmen (de)
Japanese: 認知する (ninchi suru)
Swedish: tilldöma (sv) (någon faderskapet)

to connect in the way of descent

Finnish: johtaa (fi)
German: herleiten (de)
Swedish: härleda (sv)

to attach (to) or unite (with)

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: присъединявам (bg) (prisǎedinjavam) (се), сдружавам (sdružavam)(се)
Czech: připojit se pf, přidat (cs) pf
Dutch: verbinden (nl)
Finnish: liittyä (fi)
Galician: afiliar
German: verbinden (de), beitreten (de), beifügen (de), zufügen (de)
Hungarian: csatlakozik (hu), bekapcsolódik (hu), beolvad (hu)
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: afiliować (pl)
Portuguese: afiliar (pt), filiar (pt)
Russian: присоединя́ться (ru) impf (prisojedinjátʹsja), присоедини́ться (ru) pf (prisojedinítʹsja)
Spanish: afiliar (es), asociar (es)
Swedish: ansluta (sv) (with till), förena (sv) (with med), uppta (sv) (~ a member), göra (sv) till filial (~ a company)
Turkish: katmak (tr), eklemek (tr)
Welsh: cysylltu, (reflexive) ymgysylltu

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

affiliate

second-person plural present subjunctive of affilare

Etymology 2

Verb

affiliate

inflection of affiliare:
1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

affiliate f pl

feminine plural of affiliato