obsolescent

English

Etymology

From Latin obsolescentum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒbsəˈlɛsənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑbsəˈlɛsənt/

Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

obsolescent (comparative more obsolescent, superlative most obsolescent)

1. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.
   • 1946 (posthumous), Keith Douglas, "Aristocrats," in Collected Poems (1977)

     How can I live among this gentle

     obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?

Related terms

• obsolescence
• obsolescently

Translations

in the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 荒廢的, ^{(please verify)} 荒废的 (huāngfèi de)

• Finnish: vanhentuva (fi)
• French: obsolescent (fr)
• German: veraltend (de)
• Greek: απαρχαιούμενος (aparchaioúmenos)

• Hindi: लोपोन्मुख (lōpōnmukha), लुप्तप्राय (luptaprāya)
• Norwegian: På vei til å bli foreldet
• Polish: wychodzący z użycia m, zanikający m
• Portuguese: obsolescente
• Russian: устарева́ющий (ru) (ustarevájuščij)
• Spanish: obsolescente

See also

• -escent

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French

Adjective

obsolescent (feminine singular obsolescente, masculine plural obsolescents, feminine plural obsolescentes)

1. obsolescent

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Latin

Verb

obsolescent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obsolescō