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From Latin inhibitus , perfect passive participle of inhibeō ( “ I hold in, check, restrain ” ) , from in ( “ in, at, on ” ) , + habeō ( “ I have, hold, keep ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits , present participle inhibiting , simple past and past participle inhibited )
( transitive ) to hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain
( Philippines ) to recuse
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to hold in or hold back; to restrain
Bulgarian: задържам (bg) ( zadǎržam ) , препятствам (bg) ( prepjatstvam )
Catalan: inhibir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抑制 (zh) ( yìzhì )
Czech: potlačit
Dutch: remmen (nl)
Finnish: rajoittaa (fi) , estää (fi)
French: inhiber (fr)
German: hemmen (de) , hindern (de) , sperren (de) , verhindern (de)
Greek: αναχαιτίζω (el) ( anachaitízo ) , αναστέλλω (el) ( anastéllo )
Hindi: बाधा डालना ( bādhā ḍālnā ) , रोकना (hi) ( roknā )
Hungarian: gátol (hu) , akadályoz (hu)
Irish: urchoill
Italian: inibire (it)
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Japanese: 抑制する (ja) ( よくせいする, yokusei-suru ) 阻止する (ja) ( そしする, soshi-suru ) 制止する (ja) ( せいしする, seishi-isuru ) , 抑止する (ja) ( よくしする, yokushi-suru )
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Maori: tautāwhi , tāmoe
Portuguese: inibir (pt)
Romanian: inhiba (ro)
Russian: подавля́ть (ru) impf ( podavljátʹ ) , подави́ть (ru) pf ( podavítʹ ) , сде́рживать (ru) impf ( sdérživatʹ ) , сдержа́ть (ru) pf ( sderžátʹ ) , угнета́ть (ru) impf ( ugnetátʹ ) , препя́тствовать (ru) impf ( prepjátstvovatʹ ) , воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf ( vosprepjátstvovatʹ ) , меша́ть (ru) impf ( mešátʹ ) , помеша́ть (ru) pf ( pomešátʹ )
Spanish: inhibir (es) , frustrar (es) , coartar (es)
Swedish: hämma (sv) , avstyra (sv) , förhindra (sv)
Tagalog: sansalain
Turkish: engellemek (tr) , kısıtlamak (tr) , önlemek (tr) , tutmak (tr)
Ukrainian: перешкоджати ( pereškodžaty )
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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
Verb
inhibit (feminine inhibi , masculine plural inhibits , feminine plural inhibis )
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