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English
Etymology
in- + existent
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexistent (not comparable)
- Nonexistent.
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath 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 […]
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inexsistentem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexistents)
- nonexistent
- Antonym: existent
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin inexistēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexistent (strong nominative masculine singular inexistenter, not comparable)
- (formal) inexistent
- Antonym: existent
Declension
Positive forms of inexistent (uncomparable)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed 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