extant

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, from extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɛkˈstænt/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛkstənt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt

Adjective

extant (comparative more extant, superlative most extant)

1. Still in existence.
2. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
3. Still alive; not extinct.

Antonyms

• (still alive): extinct

Translations

still in existence

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt)
• Catalan: existent (ca) m and f
• Czech: dochovalý (cs), dochovaný (cs), existující (cs)
• Dutch: existent (nl)
• French: existant (fr)
• German: existent (de)
• Greek: υπάρχων (el) (iparkhon) m, σωζόμενος (el) (sozomenos) m
• Hindi: मौजुद (hi)

• Polish: istniejący (pl) m
• Portuguese: existente (pt) m and f, remanescente (pt) m and f
• Russian: сохранившийся (ru) (soxranivšijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: постојећи (sh)

  Latin: postojeći (sh)

• Spanish: existente (es) m and f

currently existing; not having disappeared

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt), наличен (bg) (naličen)

• Russian: существующий (ru) (suščestvujuščij)

still alive; not extinct

• Russian: выживший (ru) (vyživšij), сохранившийся (ru) (soxranivšijsja)

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Latin

Verb

extant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of extō