different between adherent vs taxonomy

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations