adherent
English
Alternative forms
- adhærent (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ædˈ(h)ɪəɹənt/, /əd-/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
adherent (comparative more adherent, superlative most adherent)
adherent sand
- Adhesive, sticking to something.
- 1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace, Book II, Epistle II:
- Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung
And stuck adherent, and suspended hung.
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- Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
Synonyms
Translations
adhesive
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that has the quality of clinging
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Noun
adherent (plural adherents)
- A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
Translations
a person who has membership in some group
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References
- “adherent, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Related terms
Further reading
- “adherent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atˈxɛ.rɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
- Syllabification: ad‧he‧rent
Noun
adherent m pers (feminine adherentka)
- (dated or literary) adherent, henchman, supporter
- Synonyms: poplecznik, rzecznik, stronnik, zwolennik
- Antonyms: adwersarz, oponent, przeciwnik
Declension
Declension of adherent
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adherent | adherenci |
| genitive | adherenta | adherentów |
| dative | adherentowi | adherentom |
| accusative | adherenta | adherentów |
| instrumental | adherentem | adherentami |
| locative | adherencie | adherentach |
| vocative | adherencie | adherenci |
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- “adherent”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
Further reading
- adherent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- adherent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Danuta Lankiewicz (05.01.2014), “ADHERENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “adherent”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adherent”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adxěrent/
- Hyphenation: ad‧he‧rent
Declension
Synonyms
- (follower): prìstalica, prȉstaša, slȅdbenīk/sljȅdbenīk
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