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adherent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əd-/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/ (US)
• /ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/ (UK)
• /əd-/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

Meanings

1. Adhesive, sticking to something.
   • Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung. 1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace, Book II, Epistle II:
2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
3. Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
4. (of a person) Showing adherence to a treatment.
   • Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply. 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, →DOI, page 1217:

Forms

Deriveds

adherently · unadherent · preadherent · hyperadherent · deadherent · nonadherent · inadherent · enteroadherent · mucoadherent · underadherent · semiadherent · cytoadherent

Relateds

coherent · adherence · inherent · adhere · adhesive

Synonyms

adhering

Translations (29)

ca adhesiu (adhesive) · fi kiinnittyvä (adhesive) · bg лепкав (adhesive) · ota ملازم (that has the quality of clinging) · de anhängend (that has the quality of clinging) · eo gluiva (adhesive) · eo glua (adhesive) · ru ли́пкий (adhesive) · da klæbende (adhesive) · ru кле́йкий (adhesive) · fi tarttuva (that has the quality of clinging) · pt aderente (adhesive) · hu ragadós (adhesive) · de klebend (adhesive) · ca adherent (adhesive) · pt adesivo (adhesive) · bg прилепнал (that has the quality of clinging) · io adheriva (adhesive) · de anhaftend (adhesive) · gd leanmhainn (adhesive) · io adherema (adhesive) · ca adherent (that has the quality of clinging) · gd leanmhainn (that has the quality of clinging) · eo gluiĝiva (that has the quality of clinging) · fi adherentti (that has the quality of clinging) · io adheranta (adhesive) · es adherente (adhesive) · es adherente (that has the quality of clinging) · ro aderent (adhesive)

adherent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əd-/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/ (US)
• /ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/ (UK)
• /əd-/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

Meanings

1. A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
   • While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration. 2024 October 3, Ashifa Kassam, “How remigration became a buzzword for global far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2025:

Forms

Translations (47)

nb tilhenger (a person who has membership in some group) · io adheranto (a person who has membership in some group) · cs člen (a person who has membership in some group) · fr adhérent (a person who has membership in some group) · sh адхѐрент (a person who has membership in some group) · bg аде́пт (a person who has membership in some group) · cs přívrženec (a person who has membership in some group) · ru приве́рженец (a person who has membership in some group) · da anhænger (a person who has membership in some group) · eo aniĝinto (a person who has membership in some group) · sh adhèrent (a person who has membership in some group) · cs příznivec (a person who has membership in some group) · sv anhängare (a person who has membership in some group) · it aderente (a person who has membership in some group) · cs stoupenec (a person who has membership in some group) · tr üye (a person who has membership in some group) · de Mitglied (a person who has membership in some group) · sh при̏сташа (a person who has membership in some group) · ia adherente (a person who has membership in some group) · hu követő (a person who has membership in some group) · pt aderente (a person who has membership in some group) · la sectātor (a person who has membership in some group) · hu tag (a person who has membership in some group) · ru приве́рженка (a person who has membership in some group) · bg привъ́рженик (a person who has membership in some group) · sh prìstalica (a person who has membership in some group) · pl stronniczka (a person who has membership in some group) · sh сле̏дбенӣк m/сље̏дбенӣк (a person who has membership in some group) · eo membro (a person who has membership in some group) · fi jäsen (a person who has membership in some group) · es adherente (a person who has membership in some group) · sh slȅdbenīk m/sljȅdbenīk (a person who has membership in some group) · ca adherent (a person who has membership in some group) · sh prȉstaša (a person who has membership in some group) · vo züpel (a person who has membership in some group) · eo adepto (a person who has membership in some group) · pl popleczniczka (a person who has membership in some group) · el οπαδός (a person who has membership in some group) · ru сторо́нница (a person who has membership in some group) · ru сторо́нник (a person who has membership in some group) · ro aderent (a person who has membership in some group) · sh прѝсталица (a person who has membership in some group) · ka მომხრე (a person who has membership in some group) · de Anhänger (a person who has membership in some group) · eo ano (a person who has membership in some group) · pl stronnik (a person who has membership in some group) · pl poplecznik (a person who has membership in some group)