stagnant

English

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæɡnənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

   Synonyms: motionless, stale, standing, still

   a stagnant pool    stagnant water

2. (figurative) Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.

   a stagnant economy    stagnant prices

   Their love had turned stagnant.

Derived terms

• stagnancy
• stagnant hypoxia
• stagnant ice
• stagnant loop syndrome
• stagnantly
• stagnation

Related terms

• stagnate
• stagflation

Translations

lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy — see also stuck

• Bulgarian: застоял (bg) (zastojal)
• Catalan: estancat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停滯的 / 停滞的 (tíngzhì de)

• Finnish: seisova (fi)
• German: abgestanden (de)
• Māori: piro, whakaroau
• Russian: застоявшийся (ru) (zastojavšijsja)
• Spanish: estancado (es)
• Swedish: stagnerande (sv), stillastående (sv), statisk (sv)

without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停滯不前的 / 停滞不前的 (tíngzhì bù qián de)

• Finnish: pysähtynyt (fi), seisahtunut, paikallaan pysyvä, paikalleen jäänyt, muuttumaton (fi), ummehtunut
• German: stagnierend (de)
• Irish: marbhánta
• Polish: bezczynny (pl), w zastoju
• Romanian: stagnant (ro)
• Spanish: inmovilista

French

Participle

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

Adjective

stagnant (feminine stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)

1. stagnant

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin stagnans

French stagnantbor.

Romanian stagnant

Borrowed from French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɡˈnant/

Adjective

stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnantă, masculine plural stagnanți, feminine/neuter plural stagnante)

1. stagnant

Declension

Declension of stagnant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	stagnant		stagnantă	stagnanți	stagnante
	definite	stagnantul		stagnanta	stagnanții	stagnantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	stagnant		stagnante	stagnanți	stagnante
	definite	stagnantului		stagnantei	stagnanților	stagnantelor

Further reading

• “stagnant”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026