existence

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Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɛɡ.ˈzɪ.stɛnts/, /ɪɡ.ˈzɪ.stɛnts/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.'zI.stEnts/, /Ig.'zI.stEnts/

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Noun

existence (countable and uncountable; plural existences)

1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
   • 2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146: 

     The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.

   Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.

2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)

Antonyms

• nothingness

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

the state of being, existing, or occurring

• Arabic: كيان (ar) m, دوم (ar) (dawm) m
• Armenian: գոյություն (hy) (goyut’yun)
• Belarusian: існаванне (be) (isnavánnje) n, быццё (be) (byccjó) n
• Bulgarian: съществуване (bg) (sǎštestvúvane) n, битие (bg) (bitie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 存在 (cmn) (cúnzài)

• Chuvash: asd (sasd)
• Czech: existence (cs) f, bytí (cs) n
• Danish: eksistens (da)
• Dutch: bestaan (nl) n, voorkomen (nl) n
• Esperanto: ekzistado (eo), ekzisto (eo)
• Estonian: olemasolu (et)
• Finnish: olemassaolo (fi)
• French: existence (fr) f
• Georgian: არსებობის (ka) (arsebobis)
• German: Existenz (de) f, Sein (de) n
• Greek: ύπαρξη (el) (íparksi)
• Hebrew: קיום (he) (kiyum)
• Hindi: astitva n, sthiti n, अस्तित्व (hi) (astitva)
• Hungarian: lét (hu), létezés (hu)
• Indonesian: eksistensi, adanya, keberadaan
• Interlingua: existentia
• Italian: esistenza (it) f
• Japanese: 存在 (ja) (そんざい, sonzaí)

• Jèrriais: beays m
• Khmer: ភាពគង់មាន (km) (pʰiep kʊəŋ mien), អត្ថិភាព (km) (attʰe’pʰiep)
• Korean: 존재 (ko) (jonjae) (存在 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بوون

• Latvian: eksistence (lv) f, pastāvēšana (lv) f, esamība (lv) f
• Lithuanian: egzistavimas, syn: buvimas, egzistencija (lt) f
• Macedonian: постоење (mk) (postoenje) n, битие (mk) (bítie) n
• Norwegian: eksistens (no) m, tilværelse (no) m
• Polish: egzystencja (pl) f, istnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: existência (pt) f
• Russian: существование (ru) (suščestvovánije) n, бытие (ru) (bytijé) n (philosophical, poetical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: постојање (sh) n, битисање (sh) n, егзистенција (sh) f

  Roman: postojanje (sh) n, bitisanje (sh) n, egzistencija (sh) f

• Slovak: existencia (sk) f, bytie (sk) n
• Slovene: obstoj (sl) m, bitje (sl) n
• Spanish: existencia (es) f
• Swedish: existens (sv) c
• Thai: ชีพ (th) (chêep)
• Turkish: varlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: існування (uk) (isnuvánnja) n, буття (uk) (buttjá) n
• Vietnamese: sự tồn tại (vi)

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Noun

existence f

1. existence

Related terms

• existencialismus
• existenční
• existovat

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French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.zis.tA~s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: eg‧zis‧tence

Noun

existence f (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

Synonyms

• (life): vie

Derived terms

• existentiel