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inherent

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/
  • /ɪnˈhɛɹənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 N HH IH1 R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N HH EH1 R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inbuilt, ingrained, intrinsic, built-in, essential, immanent, inborn, resident, infused, inherent, integral, inwrought, radical

Antonyms: extrinsic, accidental, adscititious, external, extraneous

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

in the nature of something though not readily apparent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • shortcomings inherent in our approach
  • an underlying meaning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: implicit in(p), underlying

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity
  • a constitutional inability to tell the truth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin haereō Latin inhaereō Latin inhaerentembor. English inherent From Latin inhaerentem, accusative singular of inhaerēns, present active participle of inhaereō (“to be closely connected with; to adhere to”).

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَأَصِّل (mutaʔaṣṣil) — natural part or consequence
  • Armenian: հատուկ (hatuk) — natural part or consequence
  • Armenian: ներհատուկ (nerhatuk) — natural part or consequence
  • Asturian: inherente — natural part or consequence
  • Bashkir: хас (xas) — natural part or consequence
  • Belarusian: прыро́джаны (pryródžany) — natural part or consequence
  • Belarusian: уласці́вы (ulascívy) — natural part or consequence
  • Bulgarian: присъ́щ (prisǎ́št) — natural part or consequence
  • Bulgarian: вроден (vroden) — natural part or consequence
  • Bulgarian: сво́йствен (svójstven) — natural part or consequence
  • Catalan: inherent — natural part or consequence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 固有 (gùyǒu) — natural part or consequence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內在 /内在 (nèizài) — natural part or consequence
  • Czech: inherentní — natural part or consequence
  • Czech: vrozený — natural part or consequence
  • Danish: naturlig — natural part or consequence
  • Danish: iboende — natural part or consequence
  • Dutch: inherent — natural part or consequence
  • Dutch: samengaand — natural part or consequence
  • Esperanto: propre — natural part or consequence
  • Estonian: omane — natural part or consequence
  • Finnish: luontainen — natural part or consequence
  • Finnish: synnynnäinen — natural part or consequence
  • French: intrinsèque — natural part or consequence
  • French: inhérent — natural part or consequence
  • Galician: inherente — natural part or consequence
  • Georgian: ჩვეული (čveuli) — natural part or consequence
  • Georgian: დამახასიათებელი (damaxasiatebeli) — natural part or consequence
  • German: innewohnend — natural part or consequence
  • German: inhärent — natural part or consequence
  • Greek: συμφυής (symfyís) — natural part or consequence
  • Hebrew: טָבוּעַ (tavua) — natural part or consequence
  • Hindi: जन्मजात (janmajāt) — natural part or consequence
  • Hungarian: inherens — natural part or consequence
  • Hungarian: benne rejlő — natural part or consequence
  • Icelandic: áskapaður — natural part or consequence
  • Icelandic: meðfæddur — natural part or consequence
  • Icelandic: eðlislægur — natural part or consequence
  • Ido: inheranta — natural part or consequence
  • Italian: insito — natural part or consequence
  • Italian: inerente — natural part or consequence
  • Italian: attinente — natural part or consequence
  • Italian: pertinente — natural part or consequence
  • Japanese: 固有の (koyū no) — natural part or consequence
  • Kazakh: туа біткен (tua bıtken) — natural part or consequence
  • Khmer: ភ្ជាប់ (pcoap) — natural part or consequence
  • Korean: 고유의 (goyuui) — natural part or consequence
  • Latvian: raksturīgs — natural part or consequence
  • Lithuanian: būdingas — natural part or consequence
  • Macedonian: вроден (vroden) — natural part or consequence
  • Manx: dooghyssagh — natural part or consequence
  • Middle English: kyndely — natural part or consequence
  • Middle English: natural — natural part or consequence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iboende — natural part or consequence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: naturlig — natural part or consequence
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ibuande — natural part or consequence
  • Occitan: inerent — natural part or consequence
  • Polish: nieodłączny — natural part or consequence
  • Polish: właściwy — natural part or consequence
  • Polish: inherentny — natural part or consequence
  • Polish: przyrodzony — natural part or consequence
  • Portuguese: inerente — natural part or consequence
  • Romanian: inerent — natural part or consequence
  • Romanian: intrinsec — natural part or consequence
  • Russian: врождённый (vroždjónnyj) — natural part or consequence
  • Russian: прирождённый (priroždjónnyj) — natural part or consequence
  • Russian: прису́щий (prisúščij) — natural part or consequence
  • Russian: сво́йственный (svójstvennyj) — natural part or consequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: инхерѐнтан — natural part or consequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: сво̀јствен — natural part or consequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: inhèrentan — natural part or consequence
  • Serbo-Croatian: svòjstven — natural part or consequence
  • Slovak: inherentný — natural part or consequence
  • Slovak: prirodzený — natural part or consequence
  • Slovak: vrodený — natural part or consequence
  • Slovene: neločljivo — natural part or consequence
  • Slovene: inherenten — natural part or consequence
  • Spanish: inherente — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: naturligt nedärvd — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: inneboende — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: inherent — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: naturlig — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: medfödd — natural part or consequence
  • Swedish: inneburen — natural part or consequence
  • Tagalog: kadikit — natural part or consequence
  • Tamil: உள்ளார்ந்த (uḷḷārnta) — natural part or consequence
  • Turkish: doğal — natural part or consequence
  • Turkish: içkin — natural part or consequence
  • Ukrainian: приро́джений (pryródženyj) — natural part or consequence
  • Ukrainian: власти́вий (vlastývyj) — natural part or consequence
Real reading context

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