adherent
English
editAlternative forms
edit- adhærent (archaic)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editadherent (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.
- (medicine, of a person) Showing adherence to a treatment.
- 2007 June, Min Yang, Jamie C. Barner, Jason Worchel, “Factors Related to Antipsychotic Oversupply Among Central Texas Veterans”, in Clinical Therapeutics, volume 29, number 6, , page 1217:
- Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply.
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editTranslations
editadhesive
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that has the quality of clinging
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Noun
editadherent (plural adherents)
- A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
Translations
edita person who has membership in some group
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References
edit- “adherent, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin adhaerentem.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editadherent m or f (masculine and feminine plural adherents)
Noun
editadherent m or f by sense (plural adherents)
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editFurther reading
edit- “adherent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French adhérent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaerēre.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ad‧he‧rent
Adjective
editadherent (comparative adherenter, superlative adherentst)
Declension
editDeclension of adherent | ||||
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uninflected | adherent | |||
inflected | adherente | |||
comparative | adherenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | adherent | adherenter | het adherentst het adherentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | adherente | adherentere | adherentste |
n. sing. | adherent | adherenter | adherentste | |
plural | adherente | adherentere | adherentste | |
definite | adherente | adherentere | adherentste | |
partitive | adherents | adherenters | — |
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editLatin
editVerb
editadhērent
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin adhaerēns.[1] First attested in 1588.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editadherent m pers (female equivalent adherentka)
- (dated or literary) adherent, henchman, supporter
- Synonyms: poplecznik, rzecznik, stronnik, zwolennik
- Antonyms: adwersarz, oponent, przeciwnik
Declension
editDeclension of adherent
singular | plural | |
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nominative | adherent | adherenci/adherenty (deprecative) |
genitive | adherenta | adherentów |
dative | adherentowi | adherentom |
accusative | adherenta | adherentów |
instrumental | adherentem | adherentami |
locative | adherencie | adherentach |
vocative | adherencie | adherenci |
Related terms
editnoun
References
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “adherent”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “adherent”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
edit- 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editadhèrent m (Cyrillic spelling адхѐрент)
Declension
editDeclension 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 |
Synonyms
edit- (follower): prìstalica, prȉstaša, slȅdbenīk/sljȅdbenīk
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