stagnant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
- Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
- a stagnant pool
- stagnant water
- (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
- a stagnant economy
- stagnant prices
- their love had turned stagnant
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still
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without progress
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French edit
Participle edit
stagnant
Adjective edit
stagnant (feminine stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)
Further reading edit
- “stagnant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnantă, masculine plural stagnanți, feminine and neuter plural stagnante)
Declension edit
Declension of stagnant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | stagnant | stagnantă | stagnanți | stagnante | ||
definite | stagnantul | stagnanta | stagnanții | stagnantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | stagnant | stagnante | stagnanți | stagnante | ||
definite | stagnantului | stagnantei | stagnanților | stagnantelor |
Further reading edit
- stagnant in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)