inexistent
English
Etymology
in- + existent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt/
Adjective
inexistent (not comparable)
- Nonexistent.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
- 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 […]
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:inexistent
Translations
nonexistent — see nonexistent
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inexsistens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.əɡ.zisˈtent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.əɡ.zisˈten/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.eɡ.zisˈtent/
Adjective
inexistent (masculine and feminine plural inexistents)
- nonexistent
- Antonym: existent
Related terms
- inexistència
Further reading
- “inexistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin inexistēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnɛksɪsˈtɛnt/
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Adjective
inexistent (strong nominative masculine singular inexistenter, not comparable)
- (formal) inexistent
- Antonym: existent
Declension
Positive forms of inexistent (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist inexistent | sie ist inexistent | es ist inexistent | sie sind inexistent | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | inexistenter | inexistente | inexistentes | inexistente |
| genitive | inexistenten | inexistenter | inexistenten | inexistenter | |
| dative | inexistentem | inexistenter | inexistentem | inexistenten | |
| accusative | inexistenten | inexistente | inexistentes | inexistente | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der inexistente | die inexistente | das inexistente | die inexistenten |
| genitive | des inexistenten | der inexistenten | des inexistenten | der inexistenten | |
| dative | dem inexistenten | der inexistenten | dem inexistenten | den inexistenten | |
| accusative | den inexistenten | die inexistente | das inexistente | die inexistenten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein inexistenter | eine inexistente | ein inexistentes | (keine) inexistenten |
| genitive | eines inexistenten | einer inexistenten | eines inexistenten | (keiner) inexistenten | |
| dative | einem inexistenten | einer inexistenten | einem inexistenten | (keinen) inexistenten | |
| accusative | einen inexistenten | eine inexistente | ein inexistentes | (keine) inexistenten | |
Further reading
- “inexistent” in Duden online
- “inexistent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Romanian
Etymology
From French inexistant. Equivalent to in- + existent.
Adjective
inexistent m or n (feminine singular inexistentă, masculine plural inexistenți, feminine and neuter plural inexistente)
- inexistent, nonexistent
Declension
Declension of inexistent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||