"adventitious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/, /ˌæd.vɛnˈtɪʃ.əs/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-adventitious.ogg Forms: more adventitious [comparative], most adventitious [superlative]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{bor|en|ML.|adventītius|t=coming from abroad, extraneous}} Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), {{der|en|la|adventīcius||foreign, strange, accidental}} Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} adventitious (comparative more adventitious, superlative most adventitious)
  1. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. Synonyms: extrinsic, exogenous Translations (from an external source): exogen (Catalan), zanesený odjinud (Czech), adventivní (Czech), acquis (French), adventice (French), exogène (French), idegen (Hungarian), esogeno (Italian), adventício (Portuguese), вне́шний (vnéšnij) (Russian), доба́вочный (dobávočnyj) (Russian), exógeno (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adventitious-en-adj-JvwnjT7M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 34 21 Disambiguation of 'from an external source': 69 7 3 20
  2. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. Synonyms: accidental, spontaneous, sporadic, accidental Translations (accidental, additional, appearing casually): adventici (Catalan), náhodný (Czech), přídavný (Czech), adventivní (Czech), adventice (French), aléatoire (French), alkalmi (Hungarian), alkalomszerű (Hungarian), aleatorio (Italian), adventício (Portuguese), случа́йный (slučájnyj) (Russian), непреднаме́ренный (neprednamérennyj) (Russian), вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) (Russian), доба́вочный (dobávočnyj) (Russian), дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj) (Russian), aleatorio (Spanish)
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  3. (genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. Categories (topical): Genetics, Medicine Synonyms: acquired Translations (genetics, medicine: not congenital): aquirit (Catalan), acquis (French), acquisito (Italian), adquirido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adventitious-en-adj-1jKh5q3z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 34 21 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'genetics, medicine: not congenital': 21 3 72 4
  4. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source): adventici (Catalan), ectòpic (Catalan), adventivní (Czech), ectopique (French), auxiliaire (French), adventice (French), adventív (Hungarian), tájidegen (Hungarian), aidbhinteach (Irish), ectopico (Italian), ausiliario (Italian), avventizio (Italian), adventiv (Norwegian Bokmål), نابجا (nâbejâ) (Persian), adventício (Portuguese), ectópico (Spanish), adventicio (Spanish), auxiliar (Spanish), saanman (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-adventitious-en-adj-V1by3kDi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 34 21 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source': 28 2 5 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adventicious [archaic] Derived forms: adventitiously, adventitiousness, nonadventitious Related terms: adventitial, adventition, adventive, adventively

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source",
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      "word": "ectopique"
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      "sense": "biology: developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "aidbhinteach"
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