inveterate

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
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• Australian: /ɪnˈvetəɹɪt/
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• rhymes with -ɛtəɹɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V EH1 T ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré. By surface analysis, in- (“not, opposite”) + veterate.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَأَصِّل (mutaʔaṣṣil) — firmly established
• Arabic: مُتَوَاصِل (mutawāṣil) — firmly established
• Arabic: رَاسِخ (rāsiḵ) — firmly established
• Bulgarian: заклет (zaklet) — firmly established
• Bulgarian: закоравял (zakoravjal) — firmly established
• Catalan: inveterat — firmly established
• Czech: zakořeněný — firmly established
• Czech: vžitý — firmly established
• Dutch: chronisch — firmly established
• French: invétéré — firmly established
• German: chronisch — firmly established
• German: tief verwurzelt — firmly established
• German: unüberwindbar — firmly established
• Ido: kustumala — firmly established
• Irish: ársanta — firmly established
• Italian: inveterato — firmly established
• Japanese: 根深い (nebukai) — firmly established
• Japanese: 根強い (neduyoi) — firmly established
• Japanese: 慢性の (mansei no) — firmly established
• Latin: inveterātus — firmly established
• Polish: zakorzeniony — firmly established
• Portuguese: inveterado — firmly established
• Russian: закорене́лый (zakorenélyj) — firmly established
• Swedish: inrotad — firmly established
• Swedish: ingrodd — firmly established
• Ottoman Turkish: اسكی (eski) — firmly established
• Arabic: عَرِيق (ʕarīq) — whose habits are firmly established
• Arabic: مُدْمِن (mudmin) — whose habits are firmly established
• Arabic: مُزْمِن (muzmin) — whose habits are firmly established
• Bulgarian: закостенял (zakostenjal) — whose habits are firmly established
• Catalan: inveterat — whose habits are firmly established
• Czech: notorický — whose habits are firmly established
• Czech: nenapravitelný — whose habits are firmly established
• Dutch: verstokt — whose habits are firmly established
• French: invétéré — whose habits are firmly established
• German: eingefleischt — whose habits are firmly established
• German: unverbesserlich — whose habits are firmly established
• Irish: doleigheasta — whose habits are firmly established
• Irish: dobhogtha — whose habits are firmly established
• Italian: inveterato — whose habits are firmly established
• Italian: incallito — whose habits are firmly established
• Italian: incorreggibile — whose habits are firmly established
• Italian: accanito — whose habits are firmly established
• Italian: recidivo — whose habits are firmly established
• Japanese: 常習の (jōshū no) — whose habits are firmly established
• Polish: zakorzeniony — whose habits are firmly established
• Portuguese: inveterado — whose habits are firmly established
• Russian: закорене́лый (zakorenélyj) — whose habits are firmly established
• Russian: заядлый (zajadlyj) — whose habits are firmly established
• Spanish: empedernido — whose habits are firmly established
• Spanish: incorregible — whose habits are firmly established
• Swedish: oförbätterlig — whose habits are firmly established
• Swedish: inbiten — whose habits are firmly established