inexistent

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ existent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnɪɡˈzɪstənt/

Adjective

inexistent (not comparable)

1. 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

• See also Thesaurus:inexistent

Translations

nonexistent — see nonexistent

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inexsistentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [in.əɡ.zisˈte̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.əɡ.zisˈtent]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.əɡ.zisˈten]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.eɡ.zisˈtent]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.eɡ.zisˈten]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

inexistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexistents)

1. nonexistent

   Antonym: existent

Related terms

• inexistència

Further reading

• “inexistent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inexistēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnɛksɪsˈtɛnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

inexistent (strong nominative masculine singular inexistenter, not comparable)

1. (formal) inexistent

   Antonym: existent

Declension

Positive forms of inexistent (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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^[1] (in German)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

French in-

French existant

French inexistantbor.

Romanian inexistent

Borrowed from French inexistant. By surface analysis, in- + existent.

Adjective

inexistent m or n (feminine singular inexistentă, masculine plural inexistenți, feminine/neuter plural inexistente)

1. 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