extant

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, from extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstænt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkstənt/

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt

Adjective

extant (comparative more extant, superlative most extant)

1. Still in existence.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

2. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
3. Still alive; not extinct.

Antonyms

• (still alive): extinct

Translations

still in existence

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt)
• Catalan: existent m, f
• Czech: dochovalý, dochovaný, existující
• Dutch: existent (nl)
• French: existant (fr)
• German: existent
• Greek: υπάρχων (el) m (ypárchon), σωζόμενος m (sozómenos)
• Hindi: मौजुद

• Polish: istniejący m
• Portuguese: existente (pt) m, f, remanescente (pt) m, f
• Russian: сохранившийся (ru) (soxranívšijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: постојећи

  Latin: postojeći

• Spanish: existente (es) m, f
• Swedish: existerande (sv), kvarvarande

currently existing; not having disappeared

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt), наличен (bg) (naličen)
• German: vorhanden (de)

• Russian: существующий (ru) (suščestvújuščij)
• Swedish: kvarvarande, bevarad (sv)

still alive; not extinct

• German: überlebend, lebend (de), verbleibend

• Russian: выживший (ru) (výživšij), сохранившийся (ru) (suščestvújuščij)

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Latin

Verb

extant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of extō