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
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.
- 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adhaerentem.
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/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /atˈxɛ.rɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
- Syllabification: ad‧he‧rent
Noun
adherent m pers (female equivalent 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/adherenty (deprecative) |
| genitive | adherenta | adherentów |
| dative | adherentowi | adherentom |
| accusative | adherenta | adherentów |
| instrumental | adherentem | adherentami |
| locative | adherencie | adherentach |
| vocative | adherencie | adherenci |
References
- 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
- 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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