extant

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from Latin extans, present participle of extō, from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ænt, -ɛkstənt

Adjective

extant (not comparable)

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.
4. (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
   • 1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations upon Cold

     […] great Quantities of Ice, for whereas in small fragments or plates, the Ice, though it sink not to the bottom of the water, will of∣tentimes sink so low in it, as scarce to leave any part evidently extant above the surface of the water, in vast quantities of Ice, that extancy is sometimes so conspicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Island, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Masts.

Synonyms

• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also Thesaurus:existent
• (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive

Antonyms

• (still alive): extinct

Derived terms

• then-extant

Translations

still in existence

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt)
• Catalan: existent (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現存 (zh), 現存的

• Czech: dochovalý, dochovaný, existující (cs)
• Danish: nulevende
• Dutch: existent (nl)
• Esperanto: dauxra (gxis nuntempe)
• Estonian: ekisteeriv
• Finnish: olemassa oleva (fi)
• French: existant (fr)
• German: existent (de), bestehend (de)
• Greek: υπάρχων (el) m (ypárchon), σωζόμενος m (sozómenos), αρτίγονος (el) m (artígonos)

• Hindi: मौजुद (maujud)
• Hungarian: létező (hu)
• Japanese: 現存する (ja) (genzon suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nålevende

  Nynorsk: nolevande, nålevande

• Polish: istniejący m, trwający m
• Portuguese: existente (pt) m or f, remanescente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: existent (ro) m
• Russian: сохрани́вшийся (ru) (soxranívšijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: постојећи

  Latin: postojeći (sh)

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

currently existing; not having disappeared

• Bulgarian: съществуващ (bg) (sǎštestvuvašt), наличен (bg) (naličen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: daŭras ĝis nuntage, nemalaperi
• Finnish: olemassa oleva (fi)
• German: vorhanden (de)
• Hungarian: fennálló (hu), meglévő (hu)

• Japanese: 既存の (ja) (kizon no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjenstående

• Portuguese: vivente (pt)
• Russian: существу́ющий (ru) (suščestvújuščij)
• Spanish: existente (es) m
• Swedish: kvarvarande (sv), bevarad (sv)

still alive; not extinct

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: elävä (fi)
• German: überlebend (de), lebend (de), verbleibend (de)
• Hungarian: létező (hu)
• Japanese: 現存する (ja) (genzon suru)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjenlevende, gjenværende

• Portuguese: extante (pt), vivente (pt)
• Russian: вы́живший (ru) (výživšij), сохрани́вшийся (ru) (soxranívšijsja)
• Spanish: existente (es) m, actual (es)

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Latin

Verb

extant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of extō