"inherent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/, /ɪnˈhɛɹənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-inherent.wav
Etymology: From Latin inhaerentem, accusative singular of inhaerēns, present active participle of inhaereō (“I am closely connected with; adhere to”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inhaerentem}} Latin inhaerentem Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inherent (not comparable)
  1. Naturally as part or consequence of something. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: inbuilt, ingrained, intrinsic, intrinsic, inhærent [archaic] Derived forms: inherently, inherent power, inherent vice, inherent vowel Related terms: adherent, coherent, inhere, inherence, inherency, inherently Translations (natural part or consequence): مُتَأَصِّل (mutaʔaṣṣil) (Arabic), հատուկ (hatuk) (Armenian), ներհատուկ (nerhatuk) (Armenian), inherente (Asturian), хас (xas) (Bashkir), прыро́джаны (pryródžany) (Belarusian), уласці́вы (ulascívy) (Belarusian), присъ́щ (prisǎ́št) (Bulgarian), вроден (vroden) (Bulgarian), сво́йствен (svójstven) (Bulgarian), inherent (Catalan), 固有 (gùyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 內在 (Chinese Mandarin), 内在 (nèizài) (Chinese Mandarin), inherentní (Czech), vrozený (Czech), naturlig (Danish), iboende (Danish), inherent (Dutch), samengaand (Dutch), propre (Esperanto), omane (Estonian), luontainen (Finnish), synnynnäinen (Finnish), intrinsèque (French), inhérent (French), inherente (Galician), ჩვეული (čveuli) (Georgian), დამახასიათებელი (damaxasiatebeli) (Georgian), innewohnend (German), inhärent (German), συμφυής (symfyís) (Greek), טָבוּעַ (tavua) (Hebrew), inherens (Hungarian), benne rejlő (Hungarian), áskapaður (Icelandic), meðfæddur (Icelandic), eðlislægur (Icelandic), inheranta (Ido), insito (Italian), inerente (Italian), attinente (Italian), pertinente (Italian), 固有の (koyū no) (alt: こゆうの) (Japanese), ភ្ជាប់ (pcoap) (Khmer), 고유의 (goyuui) (Korean), raksturīgs (Latvian), būdingas (Lithuanian), вроден (vroden) (Macedonian), dooghyssagh (Manx), iboende (Norwegian Bokmål), naturlig (Norwegian Bokmål), inerent (Occitan), nieodłączny [masculine] (Polish), właściwy [masculine] (Polish), inherentny [masculine] (Polish), przyrodzony [masculine] (Polish), inerente (Portuguese), inerent (Romanian), intrinsec (Romanian), врождённый (vroždjónnyj) (Russian), прирождённый (priroždjónnyj) (Russian), прису́щий (prisúščij) (Russian), сво́йственный (svójstvennyj) (Russian), инхерѐнтан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), сво̀јствен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), inhèrentan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), svòjstven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), inherentný (Slovak), prirodzený (Slovak), vrodený (Slovak), neločljivo (Slovene), inherenten (Slovene), inherente (Spanish), naturligt nedärvd (Swedish), inneboende [common-gender] (Swedish), inherent (Swedish), naturlig (Swedish), medfödd (Swedish), inneburen (Swedish), kadikit (Tagalog), உள்ளார்ந்த (uḷḷārnta) (Tamil), doğal (Turkish), приро́джений (pryródženyj) (Ukrainian), власти́вий (vlastývyj) (Ukrainian)
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Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:",
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          "word": "присъ́щ"
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          "roman": "svójstven",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "сво́йствен"
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "roman": "gùyǒu",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "固有"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "內在"
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          "roman": "nèizài",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        {
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "ភ្ជាប់"
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          "word": "고유의"
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "roman": "vroden",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "dooghyssagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "iboende"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "naturlig"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "inerent"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "właściwy"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inherentny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przyrodzony"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "inerente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "inerent"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "intrinsec"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vroždjónnyj",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "врождённый"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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          "word": "svòjstven"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "naturligt nedärvd"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "inherent"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "naturlig"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "medfödd"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "inneburen"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "kadikit"
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          "code": "ta",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "doğal"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
          "word": "приро́джений"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vlastývyj",
          "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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          "ref": "1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 244–245:",
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          "word": "inbuilt"
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        {
          "word": "ingrained"
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          "word": "intrinsic"
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          "word": "intrinsic"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutaʔaṣṣil",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "مُتَأَصِّل"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "hatuk",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "հատուկ"
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "ներհատուկ"
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      "word": "inherente"
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "прыро́джаны"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "уласці́вы"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vroden",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "вроден"
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    {
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "сво́йствен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherent"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùyǒu",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "固有"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "內在"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "nèizài",
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      "word": "内在"
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherentní"
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      "word": "vrozený"
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      "word": "naturlig"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "iboende"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "inherent"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "samengaand"
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      "word": "propre"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "omane"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "luontainen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "synnynnäinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "intrinsèque"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "inherente"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "ჩვეული"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "damaxasiatebeli",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "დამახასიათებელი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "innewohnend"
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      "word": "inhärent"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symfyís",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "συμφυής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tavua",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "טָבוּעַ"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherens"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "benne rejlő"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "áskapaður"
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      "word": "meðfæddur"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "eðlislægur"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inheranta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "insito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inerente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "attinente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "pertinente"
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      "word": "固有の"
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      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "pcoap",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "ភ្ជាប់"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goyuui",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "고유의"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "raksturīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "būdingas"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vroden",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "вроден"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "dooghyssagh"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "iboende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "naturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inerent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nieodłączny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "właściwy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inherentny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "przyrodzony"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inerente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inerent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "intrinsec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vroždjónnyj",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "врождённый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "прирождённый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "прису́щий"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "сво́йственный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
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        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "инхерѐнтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сво̀јствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "inhèrentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svòjstven"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherentný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "prirodzený"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "vrodený"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "neločljivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherenten"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "naturligt nedärvd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "inneboende"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inherent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "naturlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "medfödd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "inneburen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "kadikit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "uḷḷārnta",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "உள்ளார்ந்த"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "doğal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryródženyj",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "приро́джений"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vlastývyj",
      "sense": "natural part or consequence",
      "word": "власти́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inherent"
}

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