inexistant
English
Etymology
Compare French inexistant. See inexistent.
Adjective
inexistant (not comparable)
- (obsolete) nonexistent; that does not exist
- 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], OCLC 222263967:
- […] the Secretion of what was before Inexistant
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Synonyms
- nonexistent
- nonexisting
Antonyms
- existent
- existing
References
inexistant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
in- + existant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃/
Adjective
inexistant (feminine inexistante, masculine plural inexistants, feminine plural inexistantes)
- nonexistent
Further reading
- “inexistant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.