inherent

See also: inhérent

English

Alternative forms

• inhærent (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin inhaerentem, accusative singular of inhaerēns, present active participle of inhaereō (“I am closely connected with; adhere to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/, /ɪnˈhɛɹənt/

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Adjective

inherent (not comparable)

1. Naturally as part or consequence of something.

   Synonyms: inbuilt, ingrained, intrinsic; see also Thesaurus:intrinsic

   Antonyms: extrinsic; see also Thesaurus:extrinsic

   • Lyn Beth Neylon

     You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.

   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. […] But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with inherit.

Derived terms

• inherent vice
• inherently

Related terms

• adherent
• coherent

• inhere
• inherence

• inherency
• inherently

Translations

natural part or consequence

• Arabic: مُتَأَصِّل‎ (mutaʾaṣṣil)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հատուկ (hy) (hatuk), ներհատուկ (hy) (nerhatuk)
• Asturian: inherente
• Bashkir: хас (xas)
• Belarusian: прыро́джаны (pryródžany), уласці́вы (ulascívy)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: присъ̀щ (bg) (prisǎ̀št), вроден (bg) (vroden), сво́йствен (bg) (svójstven)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: inherent (ca)
• Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固有 (zh) (gùyǒu), 內在 (zh), 内在 (zh) (nèizài)

• Czech: inherentní, vrozený
• Danish: naturlig (da), iboende
• Dutch: inherent (nl), samengaand (nl)
• Esperanto: propre (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: luontainen, synnynnäinen (fi)
• French: intrinsèque (fr), inhérent (fr)
• Galician: inherente
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: innewohnend (de), inhärent (de)
• Icelandic: áskapaður, meðfæddur, eðlislægur
• Ido: inheranta (io)
• Japanese: 固有の (ja) (こゆうの, koyū no)
• Khmer: ភ្ជាប់ (km) (pcoap)
• Korean: 고유의 (ko) (goyuui)
• Macedonian: вроден (vroden)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iboende, naturlig (no)

• Polish: nieodłączny (pl) m, właściwy (pl) m, inherentny (pl) m, przyrodzony m
• Portuguese: inerente (pt)
• Russian: врождённый (ru) (vroždjónnyj), прирождённый (ru) (priroždjónnyj), прису́щий (ru) (prisúščij), сво́йственный (ru) (svójstvennyj)
• Slovak: inherentný, prirodzený, vrodený
• Spanish: inherente (es)
• Swedish: naturligt nedärvd, inneboende (sv) c, inherent, naturlig (sv), medfödd (sv)
• Tagalog: kadikit
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: приро́джений (pryródženyj), власти́вий (uk) (vlastývyj)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• inherent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inherent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911