inhibit

English

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbɪt

Verb

inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

1. to hinder; to restrain

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• disinhibit
• disinhibition
• inhibition

Related terms

• inhibitor
• inhibitory

Translations

to hinder; to restrain

Catalan: inhibir (ca) Czech: potlačit (cs) Finnish: rajoittaa (fi), estää (fi) French: inhiber (fr) German: hemmen (de), hindern (de), sperren (de) Hindi: बाधा डालना (hi), रोकना (hi) Hungarian: gátol (hu), akadályoz (hu)

Japanese: 抑制する (ja) (yokuseisuru) 阻止する (ja) (soshisuru) 制止する (ja) (seishisuru) 抑止する (ja) (yokushisuru) Romanian: inhiba (ro) Russian: подавлять (ru), сдерживать (ru), угнетать (ru) Spanish: inhibir (es) Swedish: hämma (sv), att avstyra (sv), att förhindra (sv) Turkish: engellemek (tr), kısıtlamak (tr), önlemek (tr), tutmak (tr) Ukrainian: перешкоджати (uk)

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Catalan

Verb

inhibit

1. Past participle of inhibir.