inexistant

English

Etymology

Compare French inexistant. See inexistent.

Adjective

inexistant (not comparable)

1. (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:

     […] the Secretion of what was before Inexistant

Synonyms

• nonexistent
• nonexisting

Antonyms

• existent
• existing

References

“inexistant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ existant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃/

Adjective

inexistant (feminine inexistante, masculine plural inexistants, feminine plural inexistantes)

1. nonexistent

Further reading

• “inexistant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.