adherent

See also: adhérent and adhèrent

EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (to stick to, cling).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ædˈ(h)ɪəɹənt/, /əd-/
  • (file)

AdjectiveEdit

adherent (comparative more adherent, superlative most adherent)

 
adherent sand
  1. 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.
  2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  3. (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

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NounEdit

adherent (plural adherents)

  1. A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin adhaerēns.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

adherent (masculine and feminine plural adherents)

  1. adherent

NounEdit

adherent m or f (plural adherents)

  1. adherent

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

adhērent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of adhēreō

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin adhaerēns.[1] First attested in 1588.[2]

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NounEdit

adherent m pers (feminine adherentka)

  1. (dated or literary) adherent, henchman, supporter
    Synonyms: poplecznik, rzecznik, stronnik, zwolennik
    Antonyms: adwersarz, oponent, przeciwnik

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noun

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ adherent”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /adxěrent/
  • Hyphenation: ad‧he‧rent

NounEdit

adhèrent m (Cyrillic spelling адхѐрент)

  1. adherent

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