inexistent
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inexistent (not comparable)
- Nonexistent.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- And first, although there were more things in nature than words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:inexistent
Translations edit
nonexistent — see nonexistent
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin inexsistentem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [in.əɡ.zisˈten]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.əɡ.zisˈtent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [in.eɡ.zisˈtent]
Adjective edit
inexistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexistents)
- nonexistent
- Antonym: existent
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “inexistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin inexistēns.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inexistent (strong nominative masculine singular inexistenter, not comparable)
- (formal) inexistent
- Antonym: existent
Declension edit
Positive forms of inexistent (uncomparable)
Further reading edit
- “inexistent” in Duden online
- “inexistent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French inexistant. Equivalent to in- + existent.
Adjective edit
inexistent m or n (feminine singular inexistentă, masculine plural inexistenți, feminine and neuter plural inexistente)
Declension edit
Declension of inexistent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | inexistent | inexistentă | inexistenți | inexistente | ||
definite | inexistentul | inexistenta | inexistenții | inexistentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | inexistent | inexistente | inexistenți | inexistente | ||
definite | inexistentului | inexistentei | inexistenților | inexistentelor |