adherent

See also: adhérent and adhèrent

English

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Etymology

From Latin adhaerēns.

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Adjective

adherent (comparative more adherent, superlative most adherent)

adherent sand
  1. Adhesive, sticking to something.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
  2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  3. (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

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Noun

adherent (plural adherents)

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adhaerēns.

Adjective

adherent (masculine and feminine plural adherents)

  1. adherent

Noun

adherent m, f (plural adherents)

  1. adherent

Further reading

Latin

Verb

adhērent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of adhēreō

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

adhèrent m (Cyrillic spelling адхѐрент)

  1. adherent

Declension

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