adherent
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- adhærent (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
adherent (comparative more adherent, superlative most adherent)
- 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.
- Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
adhesive
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that has the quality of clinging
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NounEdit
adherent (plural adherents)
- A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
TranslationsEdit
a person who has membership in some group
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ReferencesEdit
- “adherent, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
adherent (masculine and feminine plural adherents)
NounEdit
adherent m or f (plural adherents)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “adherent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
adhērent
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin adhaerēns.[1] First attested in 1588.[2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
adherent m pers (feminine adherentka)
- (dated or literary) adherent, henchman, supporter
- Synonyms: poplecznik, rzecznik, stronnik, zwolennik
- Antonyms: adwersarz, oponent, przeciwnik
DeclensionEdit
Declension of adherent
singular | plural | |
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nominative | adherent | adherenci |
genitive | adherenta | adherentów |
dative | adherentowi | adherentom |
accusative | adherenta | adherentów |
instrumental | adherentem | adherentami |
locative | adherencie | adherentach |
vocative | adherencie | adherenci |
Related termsEdit
noun
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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 readingEdit
- 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-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
adhèrent m (Cyrillic spelling адхѐрент)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of adherent
singular | plural | |
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nominative | adhèrent | adherenti |
genitive | adherenta | adhèrenātā |
dative | adherentu | adherentima |
accusative | adherenta | adherente |
vocative | adherente | adherenti |
locative | adherentu | adherentima |
instrumental | adherentom | adherentima |
SynonymsEdit
- (follower): prìstalica, prȉstaša, slȅdbenīk/sljȅdbenīk