adhesive

See also: adhésive and adhésivé

English

Alternative forms

• adhæsive (obsolete)

Etymology

From French adhésif, from Latin as if *adhaesivus, from *adhaesus, the hypothetical perfect passive participle of adhaereō; see adhere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædˈhi.sɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

adhesive (comparative more adhesive, superlative most adhesive)

1. sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
2. apt or tending to adhere; clinging

Synonyms

• (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

Related terms

• adhere
• adherence
• adherent
• coherent
• inherent

 

Translations

sticky

• Catalan: adhesiu
• Esperanto: gluebla
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi), kiinnittyvä, adhesiivinen
• French: adhésif (fr), collant (fr)
• German: klebend (de), adhäsiv (de)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: greamaitheach
• Lithuanian: lipnus
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• Persian: چسبان (fa) (časbān)
• Portuguese: adesivo (pt)
• Russian: кле́йкий (ru) (kléjkij), ли́пкий (ru) (lípkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainn, leanailteach
• Spanish: adhesivo (es)
• Swedish: vidhäftande (sv)
• Welsh: adlynol (cy)

clinging

• Catalan: adhesiu
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi), kiinnittyvä, adhesiivinen
• German: klebrig (de)
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• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: aderente (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: leanmhainn, leanailteach

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} лепкав (bg) (lepkav), ^{(please verify)} леплив (bg) (lepliv)
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Noun

adhesive (plural adhesives)

1. a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

Translations

substance that provides or promotes adhesion

• Bulgarian: лепило (bg) (lepilo)
• Catalan: adhesiu m
• Finnish: sidosaine, liima (fi), sideaine (fi)
• German: Klebstoff (de) m, Kleber (de) m, Leim (de) m
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ábhar greamaitheach m, greamachán m
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• Portuguese: adesivo (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самолепљив

  Roman: samolepljiv (sh)

• Spanish: adhesivo (es) m
• Welsh: adlyn m

Further reading

• “adhesive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “adhesive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.