different between adherent vs sikh

English

Alternative forms

• adhærent (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaer?ns, present participle of adhaere? (“to stick to, cling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd?(h)????nt/, /?d-/

Adjective

adherent (comparative more adherent, superlative most adherent)

1. Adhesive, sticking to something.
2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
3. (botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

Synonyms

• adhering

Related terms

• adhere
• adherence
• adhesive
• coherent
• inherent

Translations

Noun

adherent (plural adherents)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Renthead, anthered, hand tree, hartened, neatherd, threaden

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adhaer?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.d???ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.d???en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.de??ent/

Adjective

adherent (masculine and feminine plural adherents)

1. adherent

Noun

adherent m or f (plural adherents)

1. adherent

Related terms

• adherència
• adherir

Further reading

• “adherent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

adh?rent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of adh?re?

Polish

Etymology

From French adhérent, from Latin adhaer?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at?x?.r?nt/

Noun

adherent m pers (feminine adherentka)

1. (dated) adherent, henchman, supporter

   Synonym: stronnik

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) adherencja

Further reading

• adherent in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• adherent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adx?rent/
• Hyphenation: ad?he?rent

Noun

adhèrent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. adherent

Declension

Synonyms

• (follower): prìstalica, pr?staša, sl?dben?k/slj?dben?k

Dutch

Etymology

From Punjabi ???? (sikkha), from Sanskrit ?????? (?ik??) or Sanskrit ????? (?i?ya).

Pronunciation

Noun

sikh m (plural sikhs)

1. Sikh

French

Adjective

sikh (feminine singular sikhe, masculine plural sikhs, feminine plural sikhes)

1. sikh

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Sikh, from Punjabi ???? (sikkha), from Sanskrit ????? (?i?ya, “pupil”)

Noun

sikh m (definite singular sikhen, indefinite plural sikher, definite plural sikhene)

1. (religion) a Sikh

References

• “sikh” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sikh” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English Sikh, from Punjabi ???? (sikkha), from Sanskrit ????? (?i?ya, “pupil”)

Noun

sikh m (definite singular sikhen, indefinite plural sikhar, definite plural sikhane)

1. (religion) a Sikh

References

• “sikh” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sique

Adjective

sikh (plural sikh, comparable)

1. Sikh (relating to Sikhism)

Noun

sikh m, f (plural sikhs)

1. Sikh (an adherent of Sikhism)