adj
Meaning 1
Having reliance on somebody or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reliant
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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rhymes with -aɪənt
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CMU ARPABET: R IH0 L AY1 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 L AY1 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
relying on another for support
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dependent on Middle Eastern oil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English reliant From rely + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разчитащ на (razčitašt na) — having reliance on somebody or something
- Finnish: riippuvainen — having reliance on somebody or something
- French: dépendant — having reliance on somebody or something
- German: abhängig — having reliance on somebody or something
- German: angewiesen — having reliance on somebody or something
- Greek: εξαρτώμενος (exartómenos) — having reliance on somebody or something
- Hindi: आश्रित (āśrit) — having reliance on somebody or something
- Hindi: निर्भर (nirbhar) — having reliance on somebody or something
- Hungarian: rászoruló — having reliance on somebody or something
- Italian: dipendente — having reliance on somebody or something
- Māori: whakawhirinaki — having reliance on somebody or something
- Polish: zależny — having reliance on somebody or something
- Polish: polegający — having reliance on somebody or something
- Polish: bluszczowaty — having reliance on somebody or something
- Polish: bluszczowy — having reliance on somebody or something
- Portuguese: dependente — having reliance on somebody or something
- Romanian: dependent — having reliance on somebody or something
- Slovak: závislý — having reliance on somebody or something
- Spanish: dependiente — having reliance on somebody or something