adj
Meaning 1
Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- adhesive material
- adhesive tape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
adhesive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ədˈhiː.sɪv/
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Canada, General-American: /ədˈhi.sɪv/
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Canada, General-American: /ædˈhi.sɪv/
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Australian: /ədˈhiː.sɪv/
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New-Zealand: /ədˈhiː.səv/
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CMU ARPABET: AE0 D HH IY1 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 D HH IY1 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The label wouldn’t stick without strong adhesive.
- They used an adhesive to repair the broken vase.
- The company developed a new kind of waterproof adhesive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
tending to adhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonadhesive
noun
Meaning 5
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adhesive material, adhesive agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: birdlime, lime, spirit gum, binder, cement, paste, library paste, rubber cement
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ле́пкав (lépkav) — sticky
- Bulgarian: лепли́в (leplív) — sticky
- Catalan: adhesiu — sticky
- Dutch: adhesief — sticky
- Esperanto: gluebla — sticky
- Finnish: tarttuva — sticky
- Finnish: kiinnittyvä — sticky
- Finnish: adhesiivinen — sticky
- French: adhésif — sticky
- French: collant — sticky
- Galician: adhesivo — sticky
- German: klebend — sticky
- German: adhäsiv — sticky
- Indonesian: adhesif — sticky
- Irish: greamaitheach — sticky
- Latin: adhaesivus — sticky
- Lithuanian: lipnus — sticky
- Persian: چَسبان (časbân) — sticky
- Portuguese: adesivo — sticky
- Russian: кле́йкий (kléjkij) — sticky
- Russian: ли́пкий (lípkij) — sticky
- Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainn — sticky
- Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach — sticky
- Serbo-Croatian: самолепљив — sticky
- Serbo-Croatian: samolepljiv — sticky
- Spanish: adhesivo — sticky
- Swedish: vidhäftande — sticky
- Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان (yapışkan) — sticky
- Welsh: adlynol — sticky
- Catalan: adhesiu — clinging
- Finnish: tarttuva — clinging
- Finnish: kiinnittyvä — clinging
- Finnish: adhesiivinen — clinging
- German: klebrig — clinging
- Portuguese: aderente — clinging
- Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainn — clinging
- Scottish Gaelic: leanailteach — clinging
- Belarusian: клей (kljej) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Bulgarian: лепи́ло (lepílo) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Bulgarian: тутка́л (tutkál) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Catalan: adhesiu — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Chinese Mandarin: 黏合劑 /黏合剂 (niánhéjì) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Finnish: sidosaine — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Finnish: liima — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Finnish: sideaine — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- French: adhésif — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Galician: adesivo — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Galician: engrudo — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Galician: cola — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- German: Klebstoff — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- German: Kleber — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- German: Leim — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Irish: ábhar greamaitheach — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Irish: greamachán — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Italian: adesivo — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Japanese: 接着剤 (setchakuzai) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Kazakh: желім (jelım) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Korean: 접착제 (jeopchakje) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Latin: adhaesivus — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Portuguese: adesivo — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Russian: клей (klej) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Spanish: adhesivo — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Swedish: klister — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Ukrainian: клей (klej) — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
- Welsh: adlyn — substance that provides or promotes adhesion
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