existence

English

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Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɛɡ.ˈzɪ.stɛnts/, /ɪɡ.ˈzɪ.stɛnts/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.'zI.stEnts/, /Ig.'zI.stEnts/

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Noun

existence (countable and uncountable; plural existences)

1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.

   Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.

2. empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968

Antonyms

• nothingness

Derived terms

• nonexistence

Related terms

• exist
• aseity
• existential

Translations

the state of being, existing, or occurring

Arabic: كيان (ar) m., دوم (ar) (dawm) m. Armenian: գոյություն (hy) (goyut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 存在 (cmn) (cúnzài) Chuvash: asd (sasd) Croatian: egzistèncija (hr) f., póstojānje (hr) n. Czech: existence (cs) f. Danish: eksistens (da) Dutch: bestaan (nl) n., voorkomen (nl) n. Esperanto: ekzistado (eo), ekzisto (eo) Finnish: olemassaolo (fi) French: existence (fr) f. German: Existenz (de) f., Sein (de) n. Greek: ύπαρξη (el) (íparksi) Hebrew: קיום (he) (kiyum) Hindi: astitva n., sthiti n., अस्तित्व (hi) (astitva) Hungarian: lét (hu), létezés (hu) Indonesian: eksistensi, adanya, keberadaan Interlingua: existentia

Italian: esistenza (it) f. Japanese: 存在 (ja) (そんざい, sonzaí) Khmer: ភាពគង់មាន (km) (peap kong mean) Korean: 존재 (ko) (jonjae) (存在 (ko)) Kurdish: بوون Latvian: eksistence (lv) f., pastāvēšana (lv) f., esamība (lv) f. Lithuanian: egzistavimas, syn: buvimas, egzistencija (lt) f. Norwegian: eksistens (no) m., tilværelse (no) m. Polish: egzystencja (pl) f., istnienie (pl) n. Portuguese: existência (pt) f. Russian: существование (ru) (suščestvovánije) n. Serbian: bitisanje n., postojanje n. Slovene: obstoj m. Spanish: existencia (es) f. Swedish: existens (sv) c. Thai: ชีพ (th) (chêep) Turkish: varlık (tr) Vietnamese: sự tồn tại (vi)

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Noun

existence f.

1. existence

Related terms

• existencialismus
• existenční
• existovat

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French

Etymology

From Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛɡ.zis.tɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /Eg.zis.tA~s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
• Homophone: existences
• Hyphenation: eg‧zis‧tence

Noun

existence f. (plural existences)

1. existence
2. life

Synonyms

• (life): vie

Derived terms

• existentiel